FL H0443

Charter schools are classified as public facilities for purposes of concurrency requirements under local comprehensive plans, and charter school governing boards may adopt their own code of student conduct that meets or exceeds the sponsor's standards, with more stringent provisions requiring written parental acknowledgment.

Charter schools not under a school improvement or corrective action plan may increase student enrollment beyond the capacity identified in their charter, provided enrollment does not exceed facility capacity, with written notice to the sponsor required by March 1 specifying the enrollment increase amount.

Sponsors are prohibited from imposing administrative deadlines on charter schools that are earlier than the sponsor's own corresponding deadlines, and any charter school deadline for financial audits or other requirements may not be earlier than 15 days before the sponsor's own deadline for similar submissions.

Students in full-time virtual instruction programs are eligible to participate on interscholastic athletic teams at any public school in their school district of residence, or may develop an agreement to participate at a private school, provided they meet residency, behavior, performance, and registration requirements.

High-performing charter schools may assume the charter of an existing charter school within the same school district, and landlords of charter schools (or their spouses, officers, directors, or employees of landlord entities) are prohibited from serving on the charter school's governing board unless the school was established as a charter school-in-a-municipality.