Broward Schools & Property Edition: Capitol to Courthouse Headliners–July 27

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House speaker prefers sales tax over property tax

If there is, indeed, a property tax crisis in Florida, those suffering the most are the owners of nonhomesteaded property.

 

School district will focus on projects that aid poorer students

Palm Beach County school administrators will give higher priority to school construction projects that benefit poorer students and rid the county of older academic buildings, according to district officials.

 

School workers’ checks to be delayed

Nearly 3,000 Palm Beach County School District employees who expected to receive paychecks Thursday will have to wait two more weeks.

 

Crist dismisses concerns that energy plan will cost consumers

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. –Republican leaders are worried that the governor who built his popularity by trying to put more money in residents’ pockets will be forcing Floridians to take some back out if electric bills go up under a new energy plan.

 

County sues state over taxes

Brevard County plans to sue the state Department of Revenue, arguing its interpretation of recent property tax reform legislation unfairly penalized the county.

 

Our Opinion: Miami-Dade Pay, Benefits Are Relics Of A Bygone Era

Chances are, you aren’t going to win the lottery any time soon. Don’t worry. You can do the next best thing: become a Miami-Dade County employee. To be sure, the payoff for county employees isn’t as spectacular as with the Florida Lottery. But a county paycheck is the closest thing to a sure bet, and the benefits are magnanimous to a fare-thee-well.

 

Early Learning Coalition plans, hopes for $26M

The agency knows cuts may be coming and is preparing other fundraising just in case.

SPRING HILL – The agency that oversees educational programs for the area’s youngest children will have $26-million to work with this fiscal year.  Or will it?

 

Cruisin’ for bruisin’

City officials may add new fees to generate money affected by state-mandated cuts in property tax revenues. That idea isn’t unique to Jacksonville.

 

Florida’s high school freshmen first to declare majors

State wants students to focus on their futures

They may be only 14 and years away from college, but this year’s ninth-graders are the first to begin high school with a major.

 

The ranks of home schoolers grows in Palm Beach and Broward counties

Boca Raton When Debbie Etkie started teaching her kids at home, most people didn’t even know what home schooling was.

 

Palm Beach County in need of male volunteers for schools

School volunteer programs hope for more role models

The girl stands at the curb crying, wiping away tears, red-faced, friends comforting her. She cries for 10 minutes, as parents drive through the pickup loop at Omni Middle School in Boca Raton.

 

Ky. schools contempt request denied

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A judge on Friday turned down a lawyer’s request that school officials be held in contempt and jailed on allegations that they violated a race-related U.S. Supreme Court order.

 

House adds $64.5M to red tide research

The spigot of federal funding for red tide research could open wider, but the money might not flow as freely as some hope.

 

Opening Statements in Principal Shooting
 
 
A 16-year-old charged with shooting his high school principal to death didn’t mean to kill him, and had brought two guns to school only to scare people, his attorney said Friday at his murder trial.

 

Open-shop laws threaten unions

DETROIT — Edward Sioui has always been able to make a living in Michigan without a college degree. So in July 2001, when his mom had a heart attack in Arizona, he figured it would be easy to pick up, move near her, and maybe enjoy living in a warmer climate for a while.