Category: Property Tax and Education News

Above:  Maureen S. Dinnen   Broward County School Board Member Maureen Dinnen was named “School Board Member of the Year” for school districts with an enrollment of more than 50,000 by the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations.   About Maureen …

  To view a complete story, click on the headline below:    Class-Size Vote Will Add $1 Billion to State Budget Florida voters sent mixed fiscal signals when they overwhelmingly approved a nonbinding referendum calling on the federal government to …

  Click on a headline to view a complete story:   Crist vows to end strong as governor, as new legislature ponders veto overrides Agricultural property tax exemption bill among those to be taken up A day after Floridians delivered …

    New legislature ponders veto overrides    Agricultural property tax exemption bill among those to be taken up 11/03/10  …ure. One, sponsored by Polk County citrus grower Sen. J.D. Alexander, would have allowed people who purchase farmland to retain …

  The Education Commission of the United States has released a September 2010 report entitled “State Teacher Tenure/Continuing Contract Laws,” which compares the way Florida and other states handle the issue of teacher dismissal. Applicable Florida law no longer incorporates …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Class-size amendment to go to Florida voters Union’s challenge to the measure turned aside by state Supreme Court Voters will be able to decide whether to roll back …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Broward School Board approves property tax hike, $3.4 billion budget Saying it had no choice but to bend to the will of parents and teachers, the Broward School Board …

  In an opinion issued today, September 13, 2010, Florida’s First District Court of Appeal rejected the most recent challenge to the constitutionality to Florida’s “Save Our Homes” amendment.   Effective since 1995, “Save Our Homes” provides property tax caps for homeowners whose primary …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA — Judge: Amendment 8 OK For Ballot A proposal critics say lets state lawmakers off the funding hook for a 2002 amendment to …

Florida Governor Charlie Crist announced the appointment of members to Florida’s Task Force on Educational Excellence today, September 9, 2010.  The Task Force, which was created in June 2010 by Executive Order, is charged with creating strategy to address teacher …