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School issues on tax commission agenda - Sarasota Herald tribune 4-25-08

Published Friday, April 25, 2008 at 6:04 a.m.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Two school issues with strong conservative backing are on the state tax commission's agenda.

The panel is reconsidering a previously defeated proposal to undo a state Supreme Court ruling. It struck down one school voucher program and might threaten others. Vouchers allow students to attend private schools at public expense.

The other proposed state constitutional amendment would require schools to spend at least 65 percent of their budgets in the classroom.

They are the last measures the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission is to consider until it meets again in 20 years.