RULE NUMBER: Policy 2.56.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Exemption from the statutory cap on the number of charter schools that may be approved by the Board in this District.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To implement an exemption approved by the State Board of Education on January 21, 2003, for 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 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.

CONTACT PERSON: Cheryl Alligood, 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT of the Proposed Policy may promptly be obtained without cost from the District's web site at www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/policies/revisions.htm or www.SchoolBoardPolicies.com/revisions.htm.

PUBLIC HEARING: It is anticipated that this Policy development will be considered at the School Board's Special Meeting on Policies on February 17, 2003, 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.