State Sen. Darryl Rouson wants to dial back the “chaos” caused by a charter school bill that Florida lawmakers slipped into law in the the final hours of their spring overtime session.

The law allows operators who run the subset of charters called Schools of Hope to claim access to empty spaces in under-capacity public schools without paying rent or operating expenses.

District officials across the state saw the potential impact of the law in early October, when Mater Academy sent letters to districts announcing its intent to “co-locate” into hundreds of their schools.

The pushback came immediately, with some districts such as Sarasota County taking quick action to reduce their vacant space in order to prevent such a takeover, as Suncoast Searchlight reported. Officials in Hillsbo

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