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Florida House Bill H0609

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1010 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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1414 A bill to be entitled 1
1515 An act relating to the Florida Institute for Charter 2
1616 School Innovation; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; 3
1717 requiring the Department of Education to collaborate 4
1818 with the Florida Institute for Charter School 5
1919 Innovation in developing a sponsor evaluation 6
2020 framework for charter schools; creating s. 1004.88, 7
2121 F.S.; establishing the institute at Miami Dade 8
2222 College; providing the purpose of the institute; 9
2323 specifying the duties of the institute; authorizing 10
2424 the institute to apply for and receive certain grants; 11
2525 requiring the District Board of Trustees of Miami Dade 12
2626 College to establish policies regarding the institute; 13
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29-Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16
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31- Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (5) of section 18
32-1002.33, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 19
33- 1002.33 Charter schools. — 20
34- (5) SPONSOR; DUTIES. — 21
35- (c) Sponsor accountability. — 22
36- 1. The department shall, in collaboration with charter 23
37-school sponsors, and charter school operators, and the Florida 24
38-Institute for Charter School Innovation established under s. 25
27+providing an appropriation; providing an effective 14
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30+Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17
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32+ Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (5) of section 19
33+1002.33, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 20
34+ 1002.33 Charter schools. — 21
35+ (5) SPONSOR; DUTIES. — 22
36+ (c) Sponsor accountability. — 23
37+ 1. The department shall, in collaboration with charter 24
38+school sponsors, and charter school operators, and the Florida 25
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4747 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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51-1004.88, shall develop a sponsor evaluation framework that must 26
52-address, at a minimum: 27
53- a. The sponsor's strategic vision for charter school 28
54-authorization and the sponsor's progress toward that vision. 29
55- b. The alignment of the sponsor's policies and practices 30
56-to best practices for charter school authorization. 31
57- c. The academic and financial performance of all operating 32
58-charter schools overseen by the sponsor. 33
59- d. The status of charter schools authorized by the 34
60-sponsor, including approved, operating, and closed schools. 35
61- 2. The department shall compile the results by sponsor and 36
62-include the results in the report required under sub -sub-37
63-subparagraph (b)1.k.(III). 38
64- Section 2. Section 1004.88, Florida Statutes, is created 39
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66- 1004.88 Florida Institute for Charter School Innovation. — 41
67- (1) The Florida Institute for Charter School Innovation is 42
68-established at Miami Dade College for the purpose of improving 43
69-charter school authorizing practices in this state. 44
70- (2) The institute shall do all of the following: 45
71- (a) Create a state resource of best practices for charter 46
72-school applications and applic ation review. 47
73- (b) Provide charter school sponsors with training, 48
74-technical assistance, and support in reviewing initial and 49
75-renewal charter applications. 50
51+Institute for Charter School Innovation established under s. 26
52+1004.88, shall develop a sponsor evaluation framework that must 27
53+address, at a minimum: 28
54+ a. The sponsor's strategic vision for charter school 29
55+authorization and the sponsor's progress toward that vision. 30
56+ b. The alignment of the sponsor's policies and practices 31
57+to best practices for charter school authorization. 32
58+ c. The academic and financial performance of all operating 33
59+charter schools overseen by the sponsor. 34
60+ d. The status of charter schools authorized by the 35
61+sponsor, including approved, operating, and closed schools. 36
62+ 2. The department shall compile the results by sponsor and 37
63+include the results in the report required under sub -sub-38
64+subparagraph (b)1.k.(III). 39
65+ Section 2. Section 1004.88, Florida Statutes, is created 40
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67+ 1004.88 Florida Institute for Charter School Innovation. — 42
68+ (1) The Florida Institute for Charter School Innovation is 43
69+established at Miami Dade College for the purpose of improving 44
70+charter school authorizing practices in this state. 45
71+ (2) The institute shall do all of the following: 46
72+ (a) Create a state resource of best practices for charter 47
73+school applications and application review. 48
74+ (b) Provide charter school sponsors with training, 49
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88- (c) Conduct applied research on policy and practices 51
89-related to charter schools. 52
90- (d) Conduct or compile basic research on the status of 53
91-educational choice, charter authorizing, and charter school 54
92-performance in this state, and other topics related to charter 55
93-schools. 56
94- (e) Collaborate with the Department of Education in 57
95-developing the sponsor evaluat ion framework pursuant to s. 58
96-1002.33(5)(c). 59
97- (f) Disseminate information regarding research -based 60
98-charter school teaching practices to teacher educators in this 61
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100- (g) Host research workshops and conferences that allow 63
101-charter school sponsors, chart er school operators, students, and 64
102-parents to engage in topics related to charter schools. 65
103- (3) The institute may apply for and receive federal, 66
104-state, or local agency grants for the purposes of this section. 67
105- (4) The District Board of Trustees of Miami Dade College 68
106-shall establish policies for the supervision, administration, 69
107-and governance of the institute. 70
108- Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 71
88+renewal charter applications. 51
89+ (c) Conduct applied research on policy and practices 52
90+related to charter schools. 53
91+ (d) Conduct or compile basic research on the status of 54
92+educational choice, charter authorizing, and charter school 55
93+performance in this state, and other topics related to charter 56
94+schools. 57
95+ (e) Collaborate with t he Department of Education in 58
96+developing the sponsor evaluation framework pursuant to s. 59
97+1002.33(5)(c). 60
98+ (f) Disseminate information regarding research -based 61
99+charter school teaching practices to teacher educators in this 62
100+state. 63
101+ (g) Host research worksho ps and conferences that allow 64
102+charter school sponsors, charter school operators, students, and 65
103+parents to engage in topics related to charter schools. 66
104+ (3) The institute may apply for and receive federal, 67
105+state, or local agency grants for the purposes of this section. 68
106+ (4) The District Board of Trustees of Miami Dade College 69
107+shall establish policies for the supervision, administration, 70
108+and governance of the institute. 71
109+ Section 3. For the 2022-2023 fiscal year, the sum of $1 72
110+million in recurring funds i s appropriated from the General 73
111+Revenue Fund to Miami Dade College to create and implement the 74
112+Florida Institute for Charter School Innovation, established by 75
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121+F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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126+ Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 77