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Fla. Panel Won t Revisit School Tax Hike s Constitutionality
Law360 (April 22, 2021, 2:13 PM EDT) A Florida appeals court won t reconsider its decision that a 2018 county referendum approving a tax increase can be made constitutional by severing unconstitutional provisions, with dissenting judges asserting a recent state Supreme Court decision invalidated the panel s previous holding.
Florida s Fourth District Court of Appeal on Wednesday denied a request for an en banc rehearing on the constitutionality of the referendum by Palm Beach County, which approved a property tax increase to fund noncharter schools, without providing an opinion.
However, dissenting Judge Cory J. Ciklin said that in light of the state high court s holding that a voter-approved sales tax.
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Fla. Court Says School Tax Increase Illegally Left Out Charters
Law360 (February 24, 2021, 8:06 PM EST) A Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday that a 2018 Palm Beach County referendum that approved a property tax increase to fund non-charter schools violates a state law requiring that students in charter schools receive the same funding as their peers in public schools.
In an en banc decision, Florida s Fourth District Court of Appeal said the school board could not exclude charter schools from the extra funding provided by the referendum, which approved an increase in the millage rate to fund school safety equipment; additional school police officers and mental health professionals; more art, music, physical education and career program teachers;.
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Justices Let Malice Verdict Stand Against Environmentalist
Law360 (January 11, 2021, 6:30 PM EST) A prominent Florida environmentalist is on the hook for a $4.4 million verdict after the U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear her appeal in a lawsuit stemming from her opposition to a limestone mining and water treatment project in Martin County.
In her petition, Maggy Hurchalla had told the high court that the underlying decision from Florida s Fourth District Court of Appeal upholding the jury verdict impinges on First Amendment free speech and petition rights and will undermine public debate, but the property owners, Lake Point Phase I LLC and Lake Point Phase II LLC, contested her description of her.