Senate Bill 1100 (2026) — Charter schools
SB 1100
Florida Bills
Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1100 By Senator Massullo 11-01272A-26 20261100__ Page 1 of 4 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to charter schools; amending s. 2 1002.33, F.S.; authorizing Florida College System 3 institutions and state universities to sponsor job 4 engine charter schools; requiring that specified tax 5 funds be provided annually to the sponsor of a job 6 engine charter school; defining the term “attendance 7 zone”; providing an effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11
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 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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1100 11-01272A-26 20261100__ Page 2 of 4 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. 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 school 50 created under s. 1002.32 and shall be considered to be the 51 school’s sponsor. Such school shall be considered a charter lab 52 school. 53 b. A state university may grant a charter to a municipality 54 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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1100 11-01272A-26 20261100__ Page 3 of 4 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. 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 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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1100 11-01272A-26 20261100__ Page 4 of 4 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. 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