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Tallahassee priorities — property-tax plans, scholarship fixes and school start-time options shape Lake County schools' legislative agenda
Summary
Robert Stewart of Grey Robinson told the Lake County School Board that property-tax reduction proposals will dominate the upcoming legislative session while the legislature also plans changes to scholarship funding and school-start-time rules; Stewart urged districts to monitor drafts and public-process requirements.
Robert Stewart of law firm Grey Robinson told the Lake County School Board on Dec. 15 that the Florida Legislature’s upcoming session will be dominated by proposals to reduce property taxes and that other education items — notably scholarship funding and school start-time rules — will be negotiated under that big political umbrella. Stewart briefed the board on last session results and the firm’s recommended district priorities.
“The issue that’s gonna be front and center of this legislative session … is property taxes,” Stewart said, describing multiple House proposals that range from phased reductions to a doubling of the homestead exemption and other targeted…
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