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HB1393 • 2026

Charter Schools

Charter Schools

Education Taxes
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Rizo
Last action
2026-03-13
Official status
House - Died in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
Effective date
upon becom

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and died in committee, so its full effects are uncertain.

Charter Schools: Sponsorship and Funding

This bill allows state universities and Florida College System institutions to sponsor job engine charter schools and requires tax funds from the school district within their attendance zone to be provided annually.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows state universities and Florida College System institutions to sponsor job engine charter schools.
  • Requires that all taxes levied by a school district within the attendance zone of a conversion job engine charter school are given to the sponsoring institution each year, starting from the fiscal year after the school is established.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State universities and Florida College System institutions that can sponsor job engine charter schools.
  • School districts within whose attendance zones these charter schools are located, as they must provide tax funds to the sponsors annually.

Terms To Know

Job Engine Charter School
A type of charter school that focuses on providing education and training for jobs in a specific area.
Attendance Zone
The geographic area where students are assigned to attend a particular public school before it converts into a job engine charter school.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This bill did not pass the full legislature and died in the Careers & Workforce Subcommittee.
  • It is unclear how many state universities or Florida College System institutions will choose to sponsor these schools.
  • The impact on local school districts' budgets due to providing tax funds to sponsors remains uncertain.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-13 House

    • Died in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee

  2. 2026-01-15 House

    • Referred to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee • Referred to Budget Committee • Referred to Education & Employment Committee • Now in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee

  3. 2026-01-13 House

    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  4. 2026-01-09 House

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Charter Schools; Authorizes state universities & Florida College System institutions to sponsor job engine charter schools; & requires specified tax funds be provided to sponsor of job engine charter school annually.

Current Bill Text

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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

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to charter schools; amending s. 2
1002.33, F.S.; authorizing state universities and 3
Florida College System institutions to sponsor job 4
engine charter schools; requiring specified tax funds 5
be provided to the sponsor of a job engine charter 6
school annually; defining the term "attendance zone"; 7
providing an effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) and paragraph 12
(a) of subsection (5) of section 1002.33, Florida Statutes, are 13
amended, and paragraph (e) is added to subsection (15) of that 14
section, to read: 15
1002.33 Charter schools.— 16
(3) APPLICATION FOR CHARTER STATUS.— 17
(b) An application for a conversion charter school must be 18
made by the district school board, the principal, teachers, 19
parents whose children are enrolled at the school, or the school 20
advisory council at an existing public school that has been in 21
operation for at least 2 years before the application to 22
convert. A public school-within-a-school designated as a school 23
by the district school board may also apply to convert to 24
charter status. A municipality seeking to attract job-producing 25

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entities by establishing a job engine charter school pursuant to 26
paragraph (15)(c) may apply to a the district school board, 27
Florida College System institution, or state university to 28
convert an existing public school to a charter school. An 29
application submitted proposing to convert an existing public 30
school to a charter school must demonstrate the support of at 31
least 50 percent of the parents voting whose children are 32
enrolled at the school, provided that a majority of the parents 33
eligible to vote participate in the ballot process, according to 34
rules adopted by the State Board of Education. A district school 35
board, Florida College System institution, or state university 36
that denies an application for a conversion charter school shall 37
provide notice of denial to the applicants in writing within 10 38
days after the meeting at which the district school board denied 39
the application. The notice must articulate in writing the 40
specific reasons for denial and must provide documentation 41
supporting those reasons. A private school, parochial school, or 42
home education program is not eligible for charter school 43
status. 44
(5) SPONSOR; DUTIES.— 45
(a) Sponsoring entities.— 46
1. A district school board may sponsor a charter school in 47
the county over which the district school board has 48
jurisdiction. 49
2.a. A state university may grant a charter to a lab 50

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school created under s. 1002.32 and shall be considered to be 51
the school's sponsor. Such school shall be considered a charter 52
lab school. 53
b. A state university may grant a charter to a 54
municipality establishing a job engine charter school. 55
3. Because needs relating to educational capacity, 56
workforce qualifications, and career education opportunities are 57
constantly changing and extend beyond school district 58
boundaries: 59
a. A state university may, upon approval by the Department 60
of Education, solicit applications and sponsor a charter school 61
to meet regional education or workforce demands by serving 62
students from multiple school districts. 63
b. A Florida College System institution may, upon approval 64
by the Department of Education, solicit applications and sponsor 65
a charter school or a job engine charter school in any county 66
within its service area to meet workforce demands and may offer 67
postsecondary programs leading to industry certifications to 68
eligible charter school students. A charter school established 69
under subparagraph (b)4. may not be sponsored by a Florida 70
College System institution until its existing charter with the 71
school district expires as provided under subsection (7). 72
c. Notwithstanding paragraph (6)(b), a state university or 73
Florida College System institution may, at its discretion, deny 74
an application for a charter school. 75

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d. The Charter School Review Commission, as authorized 76
under s. 1002.3301, may solicit and review applications for 77
charter schools overseen by district school boards and, upon the 78
commission approving an application, the district school board 79
that oversees the school district in which the charter school 80
will be located shall serve as sponsor. 81
(15) CHARTER SCHOOLS-IN-THE-WORKPLACE; CHARTER SCHOOLS-IN-82
A-MUNICIPALITY.— 83
(e) All taxes levied by the school district within the 84
attendance zone of a conversion job engine charter school 85
sponsored by a Florida College System institution or state 86
university shall be provided to the sponsor annually, beginning 87
with the next fiscal year after such school is established. For 88
purposes of this paragraph, the term "attendance zone" means the 89
attendance zone of the public school at the time of the school's 90
conversion to a job engine charter school. 91
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 92