NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Department of Education has received the petition for declaratory statement from Imagine Schools Non-Profit, Inc.The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of Section 1002.33(12)(i), F.S., as it applies to the petitioner.
Section 1002.33(12)(i), F.S. provides in part that a charter school shall organize as or be operated by a nonprofit organization. The Petitioner is a sole member of various Florida limited liability companies (“LLCs”). The Petitioner requests that the Department enter a Declaratory Statement establishing that the LLC’s constitute nonprofit organizations within the meaning of Section 1002.33(12)(i), F.S. and the LLC’s be permitted to enter into charter contracts for operation of charter schools within the State. In addition the Petitioner requests that all charter contracts entered into prior to the date of the Declaratory Statement be declared valid and that future LLC’s constitute “nonprofit organizations” within the meaning of Section 1002.33(12)(i), F.S.
A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Lynn Abbott, Agency Clerk, Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahasee, Florida or lynn.abbott@fldoe.org.
Please refer all comments to: Deborah Kearney, General Counsel, Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida.