School Bd. of Miami-Dade v. State Bd.

Full title: The SCHOOL BOARD OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Florida, Appellant, v. The STATE…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Jun 22, 2009

11 So. 3d 467 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

Opinion

No. 1D08-0050.

June 22, 2009.

An appeal from an order of the Department of Education.

Melinda L. McNichols, Office of School Board, Miami, for Appellant.

Deborah K. Kearney, General Counsel, Department of Education, Timothy Osterhaus, Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General, and Daniel J.

Woodring of Woodring Law Firm, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The School Board of Miami-Dade County appeals the State Board of Education's denial of the School Board's application for exclusive authority to sponsor charter schools within Miami-Dade County, pursuant to section 1002.335(5), Florida Statutes (2006). In addition, the School Board challenges the constitutionality of section 1002.335, Florida Statutes (2006).

In Duval County Sch. Bd. v. State Bd. of Educ., 998 So.2d 641 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008), this court found section 1002.335, Florida Statutes (2006) facially unconstitutional because the statute presented a "total and fatal conflict with article IX, section 4 of the Florida Constitution." Duval County Sch, Bd. v. State Bd. of Educ., 998 So.2d at 644. We hold section 1002.335 is facially unconstitutional.

The Final Order of the State Board of Education is hereby set aside.

HAWKES, C.J., ALLEN, and CLARK, JJ., concur.