Take Action: HB 51 is Unconstitutional!

Tell the Florida House Education & Employment Committee to vote down this unconstitutional bill!

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Please take another look at PCS for CS/HB 51 containing School Board Term Limits & Alternate Charter Authorizer. It requires two Constitutional Amendments! These two concepts combined in a single bill are starting to resemble the failed Amendment 8 by the Constitution Revision Commission.  I urge you to vote no on HB 51 because it attacks local control by pre-empting the constitutional authority of school boards, hurting my access to community choice and a locally elected voice.

As written, PCS for CS/HB 51 unconstitutional because it:

·        Pre-empts the constitutionally granted authority of duly elected school board members by creating an alternate charter school authorizer.

·        Adds the component of setting school board term limits.

·        Both issues must appear on a ballot, put to a statewide vote and receive 60% in order to pass.

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·        No citizen is requesting either of these measures.

·        The Florida Legislature should not propose legislation to pre-empt the constitutional authority of school boards to the local control of school boards.

·        School Board term limits should be decided and voted on in local communities, not mandated by the state.

·        No cap on the number of charters that can be approved by the Alternate Charter School Authorizer

·        District charters, whose contract has expired, may move to the Alternate Charter School Authorizer, depleting student enrollment and taking with them funding used to develop real estate, buildings, and other taxpayer subsidized assets.

·        Charter schools approved by the Alternate Charter School Authorizer are entitled to all funding provided to district schools including gross state and local funds, discretionary lottery funds, and funds from the school district’s current operating discretionary millage levy.

Sincerely, [Your information here]