Florida SB 1100: Prescription Drug Coverage

Bill Text

1100 
Charter Schools 
2026-01-05T10:19:24Z 
Authorizing Florida College System institutions and state universities to sponsor job engine charter schools; requiring that specified tax funds be provided annually to the sponsor of a job engine charter school, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1100 

 By Senator Massullo 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to charter schools; amending s. 
 3 1002.33, F.S.; authorizing Florida College System 
 4 institutions and state universities to sponsor job 
 5 engine charter schools; requiring that specified tax 
 6 funds be provided annually to the sponsor of a job 
 7 engine charter school; defining the term “attendance 
 8 zone”; providing an effective date. 
 9 
 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 11 
 12 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) and paragraph 
 13 (a) of subsection (5) of section 1002.33, Florida Statutes, are 
 14 amended, and paragraph (e) is added to subsection (15) of that 
 15 section, to read: 
 16 1002.33 Charter schools.— 
 17 (3) APPLICATION FOR CHARTER STATUS.— 
 18 (b) An application for a conversion charter school must be 
 19 made by the district school board, the principal, teachers, 
 20 parents whose children are enrolled at the school, or the school 
 21 advisory council at an existing public school that has been in 
 22 operation for at least 2 years before the application to 
 23 convert. A public school-within-a-school designated as a school 
 24 by the district school board may also apply to convert to 
 25 charter status. A municipality seeking to attract job-producing 
 26 entities by establishing a job engine charter school pursuant to 
 27 paragraph (15)(c) may apply to a the district school board, 
 28 Florida College System institution, or state university to 
 29 convert an existing public school to a charter school. An 
 30 application submitted proposing to convert an existing public 
 31 school to a charter school must demonstrate the support of at 
 32 least 50 percent of the parents voting whose children are 
 33 enrolled at the school, provided that a majority of the parents 
 34 eligible to vote participate in the ballot process, according to 
 35 rules adopted by the State Board of Education. A district school 
 36 board, Florida College System institution, or state university 
 37 that denies an application for a conversion charter school shall 
 38 provide notice of denial to the applicants in writing within 10 
 39 days after the meeting at which the district school board denied 
 40 the application. The notice must articulate in writing the 
 41 specific reasons for denial and must provide documentation 
 42 supporting those reasons. A private school, parochial school, or 
 43 home education program is not eligible for charter school 
 44 status. 
 45 (5) SPONSOR; DUTIES.— 
 46 (a) Sponsoring entities.— 
 47 1. A district school board may sponsor a charter school in 
 48 the county over which the district school board has 
 49 jurisdiction. 
 50 2.a. A state university may grant a charter to a lab school 
 51 created under s. 1002.32 and shall be considered to be the 
 52 school’s sponsor. Such school shall be considered a charter lab 
 53 school. 
 54 b. A state university may grant a charter to a municipality 
 55 establishing a job engine charter school. 
 56 3. Because needs relating to educational capacity, 
 57 workforce qualifications, and career education opportunities are 
 58 constantly changing and extend beyond school district 
 59 boundaries: 
 60 a. A state university may, upon approval by the Department 
 61 of Education, solicit applications and sponsor a charter school 
 62 to meet regional education or workforce demands by serving 
 63 students from multiple school districts. 
 64 b. A Florida College System institution may, upon approval 
 65 by the Department of Education, solicit applications and sponsor 
 66 a charter school or a job engine charter school in any county 
 67 within its service area to meet workforce demands and may offer 
 68 postsecondary programs leading to industry certifications to 
 69 eligible charter school students. A charter school established 
 70 under subparagraph (b)4. may not be sponsored by a Florida 
 71 College System institution until its existing charter with the 
 72 school district expires as provided under subsection (7). 
 73 c. Notwithstanding paragraph (6)(b), a state university or 
 74 Florida College System institution may, at its discretion, deny 
 75 an application for a charter school. 
 76 d. The Charter School Review Commission, as authorized 
 77 under s. 1002.3301, may solicit and review applications for 
 78 charter schools overseen by district school boards and, upon the 
 79 commission approving an application, the district school board 
 80 that oversees the school district in which the charter school 
 81 will be loca