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Legislative Impacts on Florida Charter Schools - panelists include Rep. Erik Fresen, Florida House of Representatives, Jim Horne, Former Florida Commissioner of Education & Chairman of the Florida Charter School Alliance, and John Helgeson, Co-founder of Charter School Capital, Inc. Panelist question and answer session. 1st in series for Florida.
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Legislative Impacts on
Florida Charters
August 14, 2013
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• Rep. Erik Fresen, Florida House of Representativeso Initially elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2008o Vice Chairman of the PreK-12 Policy Committeeo Member of the School Concurrency Task Forceo Serves on the board of the Children's Home Society
• Jim Horne, Former Florida Commissioner of Education & Chairman of the Florida Charter School Alliance
o Elected to the Florida Senate in 1994 and served until July 2001 o Former Commissioner of Education for the stateo Established the Horne Group in January of 2005
• John Helgeson, Charter School Capitalo Co-Founder of Charter School Capitalo Has worked with more than 400 schools nationallyo Facilitated over $500M in charter school financing since 2007
Our Panelists
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• Overview• Legislative policies• Funding challenges and opportunities• Performance and quality metrics• Programs and/or incentives
Agenda
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Legislative
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LEGISLATIVE
What are the most significant legislative policies underway for charter schools in Florida?
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LEGISLATIVE
Development of a model charter contract came out of the last legislative session. What impact will this have on charter schools?
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Funding
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FUNDING
At a national level, equitable funding continues to be a hot topic. What are your thoughts as it relates to Florida charter schools?
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FUNDING
Beyond equitable funding, what other funding challenges exist for charter schools and how could they be addressed?
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Performance
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PERFORMANCE
What key performance and quality metrics should charter schools focus on addressing?
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Programs
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PROGRAMS
What programs or incentives are available or could be developed to support schools that are seeking to replicate or are struggling?
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Questions?
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