Ah, to be first in something...
QuoteDuval County gets states biggest fines for violating the class size amendment.
From the Tampa Times by Jeff Solochek
Forty-two Florida school districts will get a bump to their budget bottom lines later this month, when the state reallocates its class size funds for 2012-13.
The 25 districts that did not comply with Florida's 2002 voter mandate on class sizes will pay $5.6 million in fines, which will be redistributed to districts that met the mark. In the Tampa area, the Hillsborough district stands to receive $687.240; Pinellas, $359,176; Pasco, $235,535; and Hernando, $80,761.
The largest donors to the fund are Duval ($1.59 million), Broward ($1.3 million) and Miami-Dade ($1.08 million).
The electronic fund transfers are due June 26. Some district officials have already indicated they plan to apply the money to offset deficits in 2013-14.
See the reallocation list here.
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/class-size-compliant-districts-to-get-budget-boost/2127122
Oh yeah, fining the school districts is going to help fix the problem. Let's take money away from them and make it more difficult for the district to meet the class size requirement.
it must be cheaper to pay the fine than to hire enough teachers to have the appropriate class size.