Category: Property Tax and Education News

To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Supreme Court moves up amendment hearings The Florida Supreme Court has moved up hearings on challenges to three proposed state constitutional amendments to meet a Sept. 5 ballot deadline. The …

To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Tax-swap boosters make case in Florida Supreme Court Hope to get Amendment 5 back on ballot If voters read its ballot title and summary together, they will understand the proposed …

To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Hearing Sept. 8 on tax-swap amendment The Florida Supreme Court is getting a challenge to a ballot proposal that would trade a property tax cut for increases in other taxes. …

To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Florida Supreme Court to review tax swap plan The fate of the Amendment 5 tax swap is in the hands of the Florida Supreme Court. Florida Supreme Court docket information …

  Above: George Sheldon was tapped today by Governor Crist to serve as Florida Department of Children and Families Interim Secretary. In a statement released today, August 15, 2008, Florida Governor Charlie Crist appointed Department of Children and Families (“DCF”) …

To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Tax swap removed from ballot A state judge today struck from the ballot a controversial plan to wipe out most school property taxes, ruling that the proposal’s ballot summary on …

  From revenue conference page, but I can’t find where Complete Analysis (PDF) Overview (PDF) Reduction in Non-Homestead Maximum Assessment Increase from 10% to 5%  (PDF) Reduction in Maximum School Millage from 10 mills to 5 mills  (PDF) Repeal of …

To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Amendment 5 tax swap a math problem Assuming a judge doesn’t knock it off the Nov. 4 ballot this week, a $9.3 billion to $11 billion tax-swap proposal for schools …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   August 1, 2008 Florida Ad Valorem Assessments Estimating Conference  Conference Results Results from the July 14, 2008 Florida Education Estimating Conference on Public Schools K-12 Enrollment Executive Summary …