Category: Property Tax and Education News

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida ramps up stimulus money spending Florida ramped up spending on federal stimulus money on road projects during the first quarter of 2010, more than doubling roadwork …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Editorial:  Schools funding doesn’t add up Legislature’s budget assumptions hurt public schools The Legislature wrapped up its 60-day session pretending that all is well with public-schools funding. …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Crist unsure if he’ll veto Florida budget bill A top House Democrat predicted Gov. Charlie Crist will veto the annual budget bill, but the governor said today …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida House and Senate budget compromise comes together in a rush State lawmakers reached a deal on a new budget shortly before midnight Monday after bargaining over …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Schools to get same amount of money next year Florida’s public schools will receive the same amount of money per student next year that they are getting now, …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida House and Senate get beyond impasse in budget negotiations Negotiations on a new state budget picked up steam Monday as legislators sought common ground in hopes …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Gov. Crist vetoes teacher tenure bill After weeks of protest and a deluge of messages, Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday vetoed a bill that would link teacher …

Florida Governor Charlie Crist vetoed Senate Bill 6, also known as the “Teacher Merit Pay Bill,” today, April 15, 2010. According to news coverage of the veto in the St. Petersburg Times (reprinted below), the majority of almost 109,000 messages received recently …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   New class-size amendment clears state House; will be on November ballot A longtime push to scale back the 2002 class-size amendment scored its biggest victory yet Thursday …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Seminoles OK gambling compact; Crist hopes to sign bill next week An agreement with the Florida Seminole Indian Tribe that would provide the state at least $1 …