SCHOOL BD. OF PALM BEACH v. CHARTER SCHOOLS, INC.

No. SC07-2402.

3 So.3d 1220 (2009)

The SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, Florida, Petitioner, v. SURVIVORS CHARTER SCHOOLS, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall D. Burks, Ph.D., and Gerald A. Williams, Office of Chief Counsel, The School Board of Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, FL, for Petitioner.

Bryan James Yarnall, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, for Respondent.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Scott D. Makar, Solicitor General, Timothy D. Osterhaus, Deputy Solicitor General, Deborah Kearney, General Counsel, Jason M. Hand, Assistant General Counsel, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of The Florida State Board of Education; Janeia R. Daniels of Meyer and Brooks, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Florida School Boards Association, Inc.; and Steven Geoffrey Gieseler and Nicholas M. Gieseler on behalf of Pacific Legal Foundation, Stuart, FL, as Amicus Curiae.


PARIENTE, J.

This case involves charter schools; specifically the procedures a charter school sponsor must follow when it decides to "immediately" terminate a charter pursuant to section 1002.33(8)(d), Florida Statutes (2005), because "good cause has been shown" or the "health, safety, or welfare of the students is threatened." § 1002.33(8)(d), Fla. Stat.1 The specific issue in this case is whether a school board, as a charter school...

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