Florida "FEFP" Funding Formula of School Districts is uneven and was just exposed by the Florida Watchdog blog

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January 27, 2019

Florida "FEFP" Funding Formula of School Districts is uneven and was just exposed by the Florida Watchdog blog

The "FEFP" funding formula used by Florida State to distribute per student funding to school districts is uneven and biased towards big city school districts.

The formula used shortchanges Lake County, FL schools and has been raised as an issue for years by School Board members Bill Mathias, Stephanie Luke, Marc Dodd and Sandy Gamble.

Read all about it here. See other references below:

https://www.watchdog.org/florida/study-florida-s-unique-school-funding-formula-outdated-cumbersome-complex/article_0ea80e8c-20e4-11e9-8c8e-a3dcdbe734f3.html

References:

Polk County Schools are a small County like Lake County. Their staff produced a slideshow compared how the FEFP formula treats them against much larger Broward County: Download Fefpformulafactors-170606213706

Here is a report from the State on 2018-2019 FEFP Formula changes: Download FEFP-1819FAMISFEFP

Vance Jochim

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