School Board of Miami-Dade County v. Rise Academy of South Dade Charter School

This is an appeal by the Miami-Dade County School Board from a final order of the State of Florida Board of Education, reversing a decision to immediately terminate the Charter School Contract between the County School Board and Rise Academy of South Dade, pursuant to section 1002.33(8) of the Florida Statutes (2009).

There is considerable disagreement among the parties and scant guidance in the law concerning the rights and obligations of the parties in an immediate termination proceeding conducted pursuant to the 2009 version of Section 1002.33(8), which permits immediate termination of a…