RULE NUMBER: Policy 2.56.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To implement the exemption, approved by the State Board of Education on January 21, 2003, from the normal statutory limit on the number of charter schools that can be approved by the Board in this District.

SUMMARY: Implements an exemption under Charter District status by developing and adopting a Policy consistent with the State's waiver of the statutory cap on charter schools in this District. The exemption allows the Board to determine, on a case-by-case basis, the additional number of charter schools to be served above the normal limit of 28, and the School Board has the authority to determine if a charter school application meets the requirements of law to be a charter school and to determine if the addition of the charter school serves the needs of the student population in the District.

SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: §§ 1001.41(2); 1003.62(2), Fla. Stat.

LAWS IMPLEMENTED: §§ 1003.62(2); exemption from 1002.33(13), Fla. Stat.

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COST (OPTIONAL, IF ONE HAS BEEN PREPARED): None. Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or to provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative, must do so in writing within 21 days of the publication of this Notice.

TEXT OF PROPOSED RULE: Is available from the District's web at www.SchoolBoardPolicies.com/revisions.htm.

CONTACT PERSON: Cheryl Alligood or Dr. Mary Ann DuPont, 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406.

PERSONS ORIGINATING THE PROPOSED RULE: Cheryl Alligood and Dr. Joe Orr.

SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Dr. Art Johnson.

DATE PROPOSED RULE WAS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD: March 24, 2003.

PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED: March 10, 2003, in The Palm Beach Post.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE: Adoption of the proposed Policy is anticipated to be considered at the Board's Special Meeting on Policies on April 28, 2003, anticipated to begin at 2:00 p.m. in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. The meeting is open to the public.