The Required Local Effort, the property-taxes school districts must impose to collect any state dollars, has soared in recent years -- making it a political football between legislative Democrats and Republicans.
It's no wonder the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission is targeting the provision.
As recently as 2000, state records show that 61 percent of school dollars came from the state, with only 39 percent stemming from local property-owners. But that balance shifted during Gov. Jeb Bush's tenure as governor to where in 2006 for the first time, more money come from property owners than state coffers.
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