Florida HB 1437: Employment Services for Persons with Disabilities

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to conversion charter schools; 2
amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; providing that specified 3
mediation requirements apply to disputes between a 4
district school board and conversion charter school 5
regarding mutual management plans; amending s. 6
1013.62, F.S.; authorizing conversion charter schools 7
that meet specified criteria to be eligible for 8
capital outlay funding; providing an effective date. 9
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11
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Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (18) of section 13
1002.33, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 14
1002.33 Charter schools.— 15
(18) FACILITIES.— 16
(a)1. A startup charter school shall utilize facilities 17
which comply with the Florida Building Code pursuant to chapter 18
553 except for the State Requirements for Educational 19
Facilities. Conversion charter schools shall utilize facilities 20
that comply with the State Requirements for Educational 21
Facilities provided that the school district and the charter 22
school have entered into a mutual management plan for the 23
reasonable maintenance of such facilities. The mutual management 24
plan shall contain a provision by which the district school 25

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board agrees to maintain charter school facilities in the same 26
manner as its other public schools within the district. Any 27
dispute regarding the mutual management plan shall be resolved 28
pursuant to paragraph (7)(b). Charter schools, with the 29
exception of conversion charter schools, are not required to 30
comply, but may choose to comply, with the State Requirements 31
for Educational Facilities of the Florida Building Code adopted 32
pursuant to s. 1013.37. 33
2. The local governing authority may not adopt, impose, or 34
enforce any local building requirements, site-development 35
restrictions, or operational requirements that impact parking 36
and site-size criteria, student enrollment and capacity, hours 37
of operation, and occupant load: 38
a. That are addressed by and more stringent than those 39
found in the State Requirements for Educational Facilities of 40
the Florida Building Code; or 41
b. That are not uniformly imposed or enforced by the local 42
governing authority upon public schools within the jurisdiction 43
of the local governing authority. 44
3. A local governing authority must treat charter schools 45
equitably in comparison to similar requirements, restrictions, 46
and site planning processes imposed upon public schools that are 47
not charter schools, including such provisions that are 48
established by interlocal agreement, development order, or 49
development permit. An interlocal agreement entered into by a 50

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school district for the development of only its own schools, 51
including provisions relating to the extension of 52
infrastructure, may be used by charter schools. A charter school 53
may not be subject to any land use regulation requiring a change 54
to a local government comprehensive plan or requiring a 55
development order or development permit, as those terms are 56
defined in s. 163.3164, or any requirement or restriction that 57
would not be required for a public or private school in the same 58
location or a location on which a public or private school has 59
previously been permitted. A local governing authority may not 60
apply or enforce a condition against a charter school unless the 61
condition is uniformly applied to other public schools within 62
the jurisdiction of the local governing authority and the 63
charter school is located on property that is the subject of a 64
previously approved development order or development permit, and 65
if such development order or development permit contains 66
conditions applicable to the construction or operation of a 67
public or private school, including, but not limited to: 68
a. Limits on the number of students; 69
b. Limits on the number of teachers; 70
c. Limits on the number of classrooms; 71
d. Limits on the hours of operation; 72
e. Minimum outdoor recreation area; or 73
f. Requirements to conform to a prior plan of development. 74
4. The agency having jurisdiction for inspection of a 75

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facility and issuance of a certificate of occupancy or use shall 76
be the local municipality or, if in an unincorporated