FL S0986

Charter schools may now give enrollment preference to children of school safety officers assigned to the charter school.

Not-for-profit charter schools may lend unrestricted current or capital assets to other not-for-profit charter schools within Florida through an unforgivable 5-year loan that must be repaid to the originating school.

Charter school sponsors must timely review and reimburse federal grant funds within 60 days of submittal if all necessary information is provided, and must provide training on required systems and annual reports on services funded by administrative fees.

State Board of Education must adopt rules implementing a standard monitoring tool for charter schools.

District school boards must post step-by-step choking emergency first aid instructions prominently in each public school cafeteria, and the definition of "classroom teacher" now includes administrators and substitute teachers filling identified teaching vacancies, with prorated funding for part-time teachers.