Florida DOE does not regulate, approve, or accredit private school curriculum. Under §1002.42 F.S., private schools are solely responsible for curriculum content, credits, graduation requirements, and teacher qualifications. State-level curriculum restriction is essentially a non-issue — the binding constraints are all internal and reputational, not statutory.
The real impediments (ranked by likelihood of friction)
Academic integrity / AI acceptable-use policy. Prerequisite infrastructure — needed before anything else launches, or the program becomes the controversy. Berkeley Prep is already drafting theirs; this is now the top-priority build, ahead of any curriculum or co-curricular work.
Schedule real estate. Almost no slack in a college-prep schedule with theology requirements + AP load + athletics. Every new course displaces something. Mitigation: start co-curricular/summer, embed AI inside existing courses before claiming new credit slots.
Faculty talent. The scarcest resource nationally. Mitigation — a practitioner-adjunct model: Florida sets no state certification requirement for private school teachers (a bachelor's degree in any field, three years of teaching experience, or demonstrated special expertise suffices), enabling industry practitioners to teach modules directly. Pair with training existing PLTW faculty and faculty AI upskilling as part of the infusion model.
Governance & mission approval. Board, school leadership, Jesuit identity review (Jesuit Schools Network norms, Society of Jesus province relationship — confirm governance chain with Nick). Get ahead of the genuine mission questions by making Ignatian discernment part of the curriculum, not an obstacle to it.
Accreditation & transcript credibility. Accreditor confirmed: Cognia. New courses need defensible syllabi; anything labeled "AP" requires College Board course audit; NCAA course approval matters if new courses count toward core credits for athletes.
Capital & operating budget. Compute, software, lab refresh, competition fees, advisor stipends. Mitigation: this is a highly fundable donor narrative ("For Greater Glory" campaign is active) and a natural corporate sponsorship target.
Parent/alumni conservatism. "Why is my son learning crypto at a Catholic school?" Framing matters enormously — see §5.
Liability. Co-curricular concepts (see §6) are kept intentionally light in Phase 0 — off-campus where relevant, run under existing club/activity structures rather than a full competitive program — which contains exposure without needing new insurance or risk review before launch.