NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Department of Community Affairs, Division of Community Planning has received the petition for declaratory statement from Stephanie D. Alexander, Esquire, on behalf of the Renaissance Charter School, on December 11, 2008. This is an amendment to a petition received on July 30, 2008.The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of Section 163.3180(13), Florida Statutes, as it applies to the petitioner.
The Petitioner seeks determination whether charter public schools qualify as a “public school” within Section 163.3180(13), Florida Statutes, for purposes of establishing school concurrency; whether charter public schools are included in the Public School Facilities Element adopted into the local government’s comprehensive plan under Section 163.3180(13)(a), Florida Statutes; and if Level of Service Standards established under Section 163.3180(13)(b), Florida Statutes, apply equally to all public schools. It has been assigned the number DCA08-DEC-218.
A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Paula P. Ford, Agency Clerk, Department of Community Affairs, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100.