Florida bill seeks smaller districts

Proposal would let districts with more than 45,000 students split into smaller systems.

April 11, 2007

Six superintendents could preside over six separate school districts in Duval County, Fla., under a legislative proposal to let voters split large school districts by a local vote. The proposal seeks to amend the Florida Constitution to allow districts with at least 45,000 students to split into separate districts of at least 20,000 students. Only Duval County would be eligible in Northeast Florida.

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