7110 - STUDENT ACCOMMODATION

1. The Board recognizes the need to define the criteria for implementation of strategies for student housing when student enrollment exceeds the total capacity of a school or falls below a minimum acceptable threshold.
2. Definitions
   
   For purposes of this policy, the following definitions apply:
    
   1. Florida Inventory School Houses (FISH) Capacity
      
      The Florida Inventory of School Houses (FISH) is the database used by the Department of Education for all spaces in Florida public educational facilities. FISH capacity is the number of students that may be housed in a facility at any given time, based upon the number of existing satisfactory student stations multiplied by a utilization factor. The FISH capacity includes both permanent student stations and relocatable student stations, referred to as total capacity.
   2. Student Enrollment
      
      The number of students enrolled at the school during the Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) survey in October of the current school year.
3. Strategies
    
   1. If student enrollment is projected to be greater than ninety-five percent (95%) total capacity, the following individual strategies or a combination of strategies may be used:
       
      1. "Freeze" the school to new incoming Education Location Option (ELO) students (see Policy 5121 for exceptions).
      2. Controlled Open Enrollment Program offerings at the school may be modified, transferred to a school with available total capacity, or eliminated. (See Policy 5121)
   2. If student enrollment is projected to be greater than 100% total capacity, the following individual strategies or a combination of strategies may be used to adequately accommodate the students:
       
      1. Provide relocatable classrooms.
      2. "Freeze" the school to new incoming ELO students except for students of employees based at the school (Policy 5121).
      3. Modify, transfer, or eliminate existing program offerings at the school.
      4. Create new attendance boundaries to redistribute students to schools with available total capacity.
      5. Plan, budget, design and construct new capacity.
   3. The Board does not consider year-round schedules as an appropriate strategy to address school capacity issues. Double session schedules may be used as a strategy on a temporary basis while new capacity is being constructed.
   4. Schools may be considered for closure for reasons of efficiency or financial necessity.
4. Implementation Flexibility
   
   The Superintendent shall develop administrative procedures to implement this policy. The Board provides to the Superintendent flexibility in the implementation of this policy and the administrative procedures due to extenuating circumstances, subject to Board approval. The Board expects recommendations relative to this policy to be brought forward on an annual basis as a part of a student accommodation plan for the next school year.

Revised 7/15/03
Revised 4/12/05
Revised 4/22/08
Revised 4/8/14
Revised 7/14/20
Revised 6/28/22
Reviewed 3/12/24

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