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Sarasota district outlines sponsor duties, academic supports and funding for charter schools
Summary
District staff reviewed charter-school enrollment, performance trends, sponsor responsibilities and funding flows, and described voluntary academic supports offered to charters; finance staff flagged one charter in corrective action for deteriorating finances.
Sarasota County School District staff used a Jan. 7 work session to brief the school board on the district's role as sponsor of 14 charter schools and on academic and financial supports the district provides.
The presentation covered charter-school counts and enrollment trends, school-grade results, the district's legal duties as sponsor, optional services the district offers beyond what statute requires, and how funding flows from the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP), local levies and other sources to charter schools.
District staff said Sarasota charters have grown from one in 2000 to 14 in 2024 and that charter enrollment has increased by about 41 percent over time. Dr. Cantalupo said charter and district-managed schools produce many As statewide, but charters proportionally carry more Bs and Cs and a small number of charters show declining letter grades that the…
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