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SB1100 • 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
Massullo
Last action
2026-03-13
Official status
Senate - Died in Education Pre-K - 12
Effective date
Upon becom

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and died in committee, so its exact provisions may not be fully realized without further legislative action.

Charter Schools

This bill allows Florida College System institutions and state universities to sponsor job engine charter schools and requires that certain tax funds be provided annually to the sponsors of these schools.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows Florida College System institutions and state universities 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 must be given to the sponsoring institution each year, starting from the next fiscal year after the school is established.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Florida College System institutions and state universities
  • School districts within the attendance zones of conversion job engine charter schools

Terms To Know

Job Engine Charter School
A type of charter school established by a municipality or educational institution to attract businesses and provide workforce training.
Attendance Zone
The area designated for students to attend a specific public school before it becomes a charter school.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass the final stages of the legislature and died in the Education Pre-K - 12 committee.
  • It is unclear how many schools will actually convert to job engine charter schools under this legislation.
  • Details on specific tax funds that must be provided annually are not specified.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-13 Senate

    • Died in Education Pre-K - 12

  2. 2026-01-13 Senate

    • Introduced

  3. 2026-01-12 Senate

    • Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations; Rules

  4. 2026-01-05 Senate

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Charter Schools; Authorizing Florida College System institutions and state universities to sponsor job engine charter schools; requiring that specified tax funds be provided annually to the sponsor of a job engine charter school, etc.

Current Bill Text

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Florida Senate
-
2026

SB 1100

By
Senator Massullo

11-01272A-26 20261100__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to charter schools; amending s.
3 1002.33, F.S.; authorizing Florida College System
4 institutions and state universities to sponsor job
5 engine charter schools; requiring that specified tax
6 funds be provided annually to the sponsor of a job
7 engine charter school; defining the term “attendance
8 zone”; providing an effective date.
9
10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
11
12 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) and paragraph
13 (a) of subsection (5) of section 1002.33, Florida Statutes, are
14 amended, and paragraph (e) is added to subsection (15) of that
15 section, to read:
16 1002.33 Charter schools.—
17 (3) APPLICATION FOR CHARTER STATUS.—
18 (b) An application for a conversion charter school must be
19 made by the district school board, the principal, teachers,
20 parents whose children are enrolled at the school, or the school
21 advisory council at an existing public school that has been in
22 operation for at least 2 years before the application to
23 convert. A public school-within-a-school designated as a school
24 by the district school board may also apply to convert to
25 charter status. A municipality seeking to attract job-producing
26 entities by establishing a job engine charter school pursuant to
27 paragraph (15)(c) may apply to
a

the
district school board
,

28
Florida College System institution, or state university
to
29 convert an existing public school to a charter school. An
30 application submitted proposing to convert an existing public
31 school to a charter school must demonstrate the support of at
32 least 50 percent of the parents voting whose children are
33 enrolled at the school, provided that a majority of the parents
34 eligible to vote participate in the ballot process, according to
35 rules adopted by the State Board of Education. A district school
36 board,
Florida
College
System institution
, or state university
37 that denies an application for a conversion charter school shall
38 provide notice of denial to the applicants in writing within 10
39 days after the meeting at which the district school board denied
40 the application. The notice must articulate in writing the
41 specific reasons for denial and must provide documentation
42 supporting those reasons. A private school, parochial school, or
43 home education program is not eligible for charter school
44 status.
45 (5) SPONSOR; DUTIES.—
46 (a)
Sponsoring entities.
—
47 1. A district school board may sponsor a charter school in
48 the county over which the district school board has
49 jurisdiction.
50 2.
a.
A state university may grant a charter to a lab school
51 created under s. 1002.32 and shall be considered to be the
52 school’s sponsor. Such school shall be considered a charter lab
53 school.
54
b.

A state university may grant a charter to a municipality

55
establishing a job engine charter school.

56 3. Because needs relating to educational capacity,
57 workforce qualifications, and career education opportunities are
58 constantly changing and extend beyond school district
59 boundaries:
60 a. A state university may, upon approval by the Department
61 of Education, solicit applications and sponsor a charter school
62 to meet regional education or workforce demands by serving
63 students from multiple school districts.
64 b. A Florida College System institution may, upon approval
65 by the Department of Education, solicit applications and sponsor
66 a charter school
or a job engine charter school
in any county
67 within its service area to meet workforce demands and may offer
68 postsecondary programs leading to industry certifications to
69 eligible charter school students. A charter school established
70 under subparagraph (b)4. may not be sponsored by a Florida
71 College System institution until its existing charter with the
72 school district expires as provided under subsection (7).
73 c. Notwithstanding paragraph (6)(b), a state university or
74 Florida College System institution may, at its discretion, deny
75 an application for a charter school.
76 d. The Charter School Review Commission, as authorized
77 under s. 1002.3301, may solicit and review applications for
78 charter schools overseen by district school boards and, upon the
79 commission approving an application, the district school board
80 that oversees the school district in which the charter school
81 will be located shall serve as sponsor.
82 (15) CHARTER SCHOOLS-IN-THE-WORKPLACE; CHARTER SCHOOLS-IN
83 A-MUNICIPALITY.—
84
(e)

All taxes levied by the school district within the

85
attendance zone of a conversion job engine charter school

86
sponsored by a Florida College System institution or state

87
university shall be provided to the sponsor annually, beginning

88
with the next fiscal year after such school is established. For

89
purposes of this paragraph, the term “attendance zone” means the

90
attendance zone of the public school at the time of the school’s

91
conversion to a job engine charter school.

92 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.