Jim Saunders / News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — In a decision that could have statewide implications, an administrative law judge Tuesday ruled that the Palm Beach County School Board is required to assign safety officers to charter schools under a law passed last year. Judge John Van Laningham sided with[Read More…]
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School board hits legal snag as it challenges Fla. charter school appeals
The Florida Supreme Court today declined to hear a local school board’s attempt to overturn the state’s charter school appeals system. The move comes school districts across the state prepare to challenge a wide-ranging charter school law. The case may bolster the idea that lawmakers and the state Board of[Read More…]
Florida charter school wins again in drawn-out legal fight
A charter school won another victory in a multifaceted legal battle with a South Florida school board. But even if a ruling issued by the state’s Division of Administrative Hearings stands, the fight isn’t over. The Palm Beach County School Board created a rule in 2014 that required charters, among[Read More…]
State board to hear three South Florida charter school appeals
The Florida Board of Education tomorrow will decide appeals from three prospective South Florida charter schools. In different ways, the cases spotlight a key tension in the Sunshine State, between removing roadblocks to new charter schools, which must be approved by their local school boards, and stopping schools that are unqualified, unlikely to[Read More…]
Palm Beach leads Florida’s big districts in charter school growth
Charter school enrollment has tripled in the past decade, according to a new report from a national charter school group. Florida largely tracks the national trend. Since 2006, when the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools released its first report on enrollment trends, the number of charter school students across the country[Read More…]
New tensions over Palm Beach charter schools
Tensions over charter schools may be mounting in Palm Beach County. Last week, the school district set out to overturn a charter school appeal, telling a state court of appeals that school boards have the right to block charters they don’t believe are “innovative.” Now, the Palm Beach Post reports it’s denying other charter[Read More…]
Florida roundup: Funding, charter schools, magnets and more
Funding. Gov. Rick Scott calls for a “continuation” budget, with potential implications for school funding, while legislative leaders say they intend to assemble a full state spending plan. Times/Herald. The Lee County school board votes unanimously not to ask voters to levy a sales tax for school facilities. Naples Daily News.[Read More…]
Two rejected charter schools take their cases to Florida Board of Education
The Florida Board of Education on Wednesday is set to hear appeals on two charter school applications — including one rejected by the Palm Beach County School Board for not being sufficiently “innovative.” A school board member told the Sun-Sentinel the December rejection of the Florida Charter Educational Foundation’s proposal was an act of[Read More…]