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Died SENATE · SESSION 2026

No. SB 1704

Charter School Funding
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SPONSOR
Yarborough
FILED BY
Clay Yarborough — District 4, Republican [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
7/1/2026
DIED IN
Education Pre-K - 12

Filed under Education.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Charter School Funding; Providing local funding sources for certain charter schools; prohibiting a district school board from delaying specified payments to a charter school; providing that certain charter school facilities are exempt from assessments and fees; revising requirements for a charter school to be eligible to receive capital outlay funding, etc.

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AI-GENERATED
Charter schools gain access to local millage funds and capital outlay money.

Districts must now pay charter schools their share of local discretionary millage levies without delay.

Charter schools are exempt from building permit fees, impact fees, and special benefit assessments.

Conversion schools keep their maintenance funds, and multi-county charter systems can receive federal funds.

Capital outlay eligibility rules are revised to include certain nonprofit and LLC-owned facilities.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Charter School Funding Formula majors. 1002.33(17)(b)

AIAdds local discretionary millage levy funds to the state operating funds used to calculate charter school per-student funding.

“including gross state and local funds, and funds from the school district's current operating discretionary millage levy authorized under s. 1011.71(1) and (9)” bill text, line 39 →
§ 2 Prohibition on Payment Delays majors. 1002.33(17)(e)

AIForbids school districts from delaying charter school payments based on the timing of their receipt of local millage levy funds.

“The district school board may not delay payment to a charter school of any portion of the funds provided in paragraph (b) including any funds from the school district's current...” bill text, line 166 →
§ 3 Facility Fee Exemptions moderates. 1002.33(18)(d)

AIExempts facilities used by approved charter schools from building permits, impact fees, and special benefit assessments.

“Any facility, or portion thereof, used to house a charter school whose charter has been approved by the sponsor and the governing board pursuant to subsection (7) is exempt from...” bill text, line 173 →
§ 4 Capital Outlay Eligibility majors. 1013.62(3)(a)

AIRemoves the requirement that charter schools must not serve students in sponsor-provided facilities to receive capital outlay funds.

“Serve students in facilities that are not provided by the charter school's sponsor.” bill text, line 263 →
§ 5 Capital Outlay Calculation moderates. 1013.62(3)(b)

AIExcludes eligible charter school students from the district's total membership when calculating the per-student capital outlay allocation.

“Divide the school district's adjusted discretionary millage revenue by the district's total capital outlay full-time equivalent membership, not to include any full-time equivalent” bill text, line 294 →
§ 6 Capital Outlay Use moderates. 1013.62(4)(e)

AIPermits charter schools to use capital outlay funds for maintenance of facilities they occupy under long-term leases or mutual management plans.

“Renovation, repair, and maintenance of school facilities that the charter school owns or is purchasing through a lease-purchase, occupies under a long-term lease of 5 years or” bill text, line 328 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
1/22/2026
Introduced
1/16/2026
Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on...
1/9/2026
Filed
STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 1002.33
+101 / −15
s. 1013.62
+66 / −95