Education

12/09/02 – Increas⁠i⁠ng Produc⁠t⁠⁠i⁠v⁠i⁠⁠t⁠y ⁠i⁠n Flor⁠i⁠da’s Publ⁠i⁠c Schools: An Al⁠t⁠erna⁠t⁠⁠i⁠ve ⁠t⁠o Increased Spend⁠i⁠ng

By: The James Madison Institute / 2002

Education

2002

The public discussion about the recently adopted class-size amendment to the Constitution has centered on the dollar cost of implementation. Adding new classrooms and hiring additional teachers would impose heavy burdens on school districts and the state. Precise cost calculations have yet to be made but the cost, by most estimates, is likely to require either new taxes or reduced services to Florida citizens, or both.