Resolution 341-1992
Monroe County Cc ion
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RESOLUTION NO.
341-1992
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A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 'U$;
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING THE BOARD'S CONCERNCLr
WITH RESPECT TO THE DISPARITY IN DISTRIBUTION OF s1~OF f
SCHOOL FUNDS AND THE UNFAIR IMPACT OF TAXES ON MONROE
COUNTY CITIZENS AS A RESULT THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, Article IX of the Florida Constitution requires the
State to provide a uniform system of free public schools, and
WHEREAS, to guarantee the quality of education in Florida
schools, the Legislature has enacted the Florida Educational
Finance Program as the cost of providing an education for
students in individual school districts varies because of the
cost of living differences and the special needs of individual
students within each district, and
WHEREAS, the Florida
Educational Finance Program
was
intended to provide for a cost differential to equalize the funds
allocated by the State regardless of property, wealth variation,
and other factors, and
WHEREAS, because of the unique economic and demographic
qualities of the population of Monroe County the current Florida
Educational Finance Program
adjustment formula is
grossly
inequitable and deprives Monroe County of any significant benefit
from these State funds and instead imposes the cost of the Monroe
County school system totally upon the abilities of the local
taxpayers, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County
did, in 1986, file an action against the Governor and others with
respect to the unfair impact of the distribution system upon
Monroe County, and
WHEREAS, that action was thereafter dismissed by the Court
which found that the Commissioners of Monroe County Board of
County Commissioners are without standing to maintain the action
in their capacities as elected officials, and
WHEREAS, Monroe County has thereafter encouraged the Board
of Public Instruction of Monroe County to enter such a suit
against the State and its appropriate agencies, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, do hereby declare their support of the
Commissioners of the Monroe County Board of Public Instruction in
any efforts that they may undertake with respect to litigating
against the Governor's Office or other appropriate State agencies
in an effort to secure a more appropriate distribution of the
State funding formulas for educational expenses, and further,
BE IT RESOLVED BY SAID BOARD, that the Board of County
Commissioners of Monroe County will join in any efforts as an
amicus curiae, or in any other capacity available to them in
support of the Board of Public Instruction's efforts in these
premises.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board
on the 14th day of July , A.D. 1992.
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Mayor Harvey
Mayor Pro Tern London
Commissioner Cheal
Yes
Yes
Yes
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Commissioner Jones Yes
commissioner Stormont Yes
(Seal)
ATTEST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK
By
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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