Category: Property Tax and Education News

The Florida Department of Education (“DOE”), in preparation for the State Legislature’s development of the Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Budget, joined other state agencies in submitting its Legislative Budget Requests (“LBR”) to Florida Governor Charlie Crist during the week of October …

The Sun-Sentinel’s “Broward Politics” Blog is providing a running list of hyperlinks to information about the various applicants for open positions on the Broward County School Board and Board of County Commissioners.  To access the page directly, click here.  The …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Palm Beach County Commissioner suggests raising sales tax to offset property taxes Although he voted Tuesday for a 14.9 percent increase in Palm Beach County’s property tax …

The Florida Senate Committee on Education Pre-K – 12 (“Committee”) released two Interim Project Reports today, October 15, 2009:  One report reviewed literacy intervention best practices and another evaluated the applicability of Florida’s current high school graduation requirements in future …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Counties endure decline in tax revenue They may not ‘drop like a rock,’ as Gov. Charlie Crist promised, but local property taxes are projected to fall $730 million, …

As directed by the Florida Legislature, the Florida Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (“OPPAGA”) has conducted and published a report that examines tax credit programs in other states that fund educational enhancement programs for public school students through …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Property tax appeals reach record highs Facing deep declines in their homes values, South Floridians were out in full force this year, disputing their proposed property tax …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   BLOG:  Property-tax falloff has local governments between a “rock” and a hard place Florida’s property-tax collections have indeed “dropped like a rock” — but not for the reasons …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   State 5th for tax climate Florida’s beneficial tax climate ranks the state fifth on the Tax Foundation’s 2010 State Business Tax Climate Index.   EDITORIAL:   Whack Legislature’s pay–Vindictive …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   County cities are losing money; taxes are increasing In Boca Raton, fire fees could rise and libraries and parks could be closed on a rotating basis, but …