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Florida Constitution Revision Commission

PUB 700719: Establishing Florida Preeminent Universities as Charter School Authorizers by Thomas Majdanics

ARTICLE IX: EDUCATION, Section 4. School districts; school boards.

SECTION 4.School districts; school boards.
  1. Each county shall constitute a school district; provided, two or more contiguous counties, upon vote of the electors of each county pursuant to law, may be combined into one school district. In each school district there shall be a school board composed of five or more members chosen by vote of the electors in a nonpartisan election for appropriately staggered terms of four years, as provided by law.
  2. The school board shall operate, control and supervise all free, non-charter public schools within the school district and determine the rate of school district taxes within the limits prescribed herein. Charter schools may be authorized by its local school board or by a Florida preeminent research university. Two or more school districts may operate and finance joint educational programs.