6A-6.0786: Model Forms for Charter School Applicants and Sponsors.
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of this new rule is to implement the Model Florida Charter School Application, Florida Charter School Application Evaluation Instrument, and the Florida Model Charter Contract Format, pursuant to Section 1002.33, F.S.. The effect will be a rule that is aligned with Florida Statutes.
SUMMARY: The proposed rule will provide a model application that all potential charter school developers shall be required to use when submitting a charter school application to a sponsor, an evaluation instrument that sponsors shall be required to use when evaluating charter school applications, and a model charter school contract format that shall be used by sponsors and charter schools.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared.
Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 1002.33(26) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1002.33(6), 1002.33(21) FS.
A HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: September 21, 2010, 9:00 a.m.
PLACE: The Capitol, Room LL03, 400 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 7 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Lynn Abbott at (850)245-9661 or email: lynn.abbott@fldoe.org. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Adam Miller, Director of Charter Schools, Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice, 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 522, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400
THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:
6A-6.0786 Model Forms for Charter School Applicants and Sponsors.
(1) Persons or entities submitting a charter school application must use Form IEPC-M1, Model Florida Charter School Application, October 2010, pursuant to Section 1002.33, F.S.. Form IEPC-M1 is hereby incorporated by reference to become effective with the effective date of this rule. Copies of the form may be obtained electronically on the Department’s website at http://www.floridaschoolchoice.org or from the Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice, Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400.
(2) Sponsors shall evaluate Model Florida Charter School Applications using Form IEPC-M2, Florida Charter School Application Evaluation Instrument, October 2010. Form IEPC-M2 is hereby incorporated by reference to become effective with the effective date of this rule. Copies of the form may be obtained electronically on the Department’s website at http://www.floridaschoolchoice.org or from the Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice, Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400.
(3) Upon approval of a charter school application, the sponsor shall have sixty (60) days to propose an initial proposed charter contract to the charter school. The sponsor shall use Form IEPC-M3, Florida Model Charter Contract Format, October 2010, as the basis for the initial contract. Charter school contracts must address, at a minimum, the components included in Form IEPC-M3. Additional components may be included in a charter school contract if mutually agreed upon by both parties. Form IEPC-M3 is hereby incorporated by reference to become effective with the effective date of this rule. Copies of the form may be obtained electronically on the Department’s website at http://www.floridaschoolchoice.org or from the Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice, Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400.
Rulemaking Authority 1002.33(26) FS. Law Implemented 1002.33(6), 1002.33(21) FS. History–New_________.