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Keeping students safe: Here’s how DCPS is spending money from half-cent sales tax
Read full article: Keeping students safe: Here’s how DCPS is spending money from half-cent sales taxWith Duval County residents being asked to support another type of tax increase, this one to improve teacher pay, News4JAX is looking into what the school district has been doing with money from its last tax increase.
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Supporters concerned about half-cent sales tax question’s placement on ballot
Read full article: Supporters concerned about half-cent sales tax question’s placement on ballotJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – There are just over three weeks until ballot collection ends for the 2020 election and voters decide on a measure to implement a half-cent sales tax to fix aging schools in Duval County. The measure’s backers say they’re concerned about the ballot itself, particularly where the tax question is positioned on the ballot. “There are two pages to the ballots," explained Jacksonville City Councilman Matt Carlucci, who’s co-chair of Duval Citizens for Better Schools. "You go to the second page of the ballot, and it’s right at almost at the bottom of the ballot. The half-cent sales tax would provide nearly $2 billion to address improvements at public schools in Duval County over the next 15 years.