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List of Charter Schools
For a list of schools, use the following link(s):
Florida Department of Education
Florida Consortium of Charter Schools

Overview
Year of Law: 1996 (see Legislative Summary) Number of Charter Schools: 356 Number of Enrolled Students: 98000
Details: not available Web Communities: Florida Department of Education, Office of Charter Schools Discussions: Florida Discussion Group

Key Contacts

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Dave Robertson
2017 Delta Blvd, Suite 102
P.O. Box 37460
Tallahassee, Florida 32315
Ph: (800) 376-1119 or (850)386-3131
Fx: (850)386-1807
cee@jamesmadison.org

Legislative Summary
Law:   Florida Charter Education Statutes as Revised by the 2003 Florida Legislature. Effective Date: July 1, 2003

Amendment(s):   not available

Authorizers:   Local boards and state universities are the primary charter approving agencies.

Length of charter:   3, 10, or 15-year terms

Caps on number of schools:   No cap for conversion charter schools. Yearly cap for start-up charter schools varies by the population of a district. Charter schools are limited to no more than 28 in each school district that has 100,000 or more students; no more than 20 charter schools in each school district that has 50,000 to 99,999 students; and no more than 12 charter schools in each school district that has fewer than 50,000 students.

Funding:   Comparable with other public schools