Our Florida Legislature is out of control -- Charter schools operating rent free in public schools
I am not kidding. We need outside help. No one in Florida seems to know how to stop these abuses.
How a transformative change in charter school rules came back from the dead and became Florida law
A new Florida law allowing select charter school operators to set up their programs within the walls of traditional public schools, rent free, is a lesson in power, politics, money — and how the three combine late at night in the state Capitol.
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It wasn’t just the policy outcome, with which Bartleman vehemently disagrees. It was the way that legislation widely believed to be moribund was suddenly resurrected.
What Bartleman and legislative allies described as sweeping changes to the law governing charter schools, resulting in a major impact on traditional public schools, was pushed through late at night on the last day of the annual Florida legislative session.
“It was a last-minute switcheroo. We on the House side (of the Capitol) definitely under the impression it was done, it was over, it wasn’t going anywhere. It had been defeated. It came back as a surprise,” said state Rep. Kelly Skidmore of Palm Beach County, the House Democratic policy chair. “We were like what the hell, where is this coming from at the last minute?”
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/19/how-a-transformative-change-in-charter-school-rules-came-back-from-the-dead-and-became-florida-law/
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