Peter Rebmann's article on real estate transfer fees as a source of school construction funds was published in seven newspapers and three magazines throughout Florida.  Click here for a Microsoft Word version of the article.

The Department of Community Affair's school concurrency webpage contains links to the interlocal agreements  and public school facilities elements of the six pilot communities.  It also has links to technical documents published by the DCA as aides to creating school concurrency management systems.  Contains a wealth of information on state requirements for school concurrency.

David Powell's primer on school concurrency from 1999 is still one of the best introductions to school concurrency.

Peter Rebmann's report School Concurrency for Alachua County is a comprehensive report on school concurrency up through May 2003 with special reference to the situation in Alachua County.

David Russ' memo to the Alachua County commission describes how the Mann decision allows any local government to deny applications for new residential developments if there is language linking new developments with school capacity in any of its comprehensive plan elements.

The Fifth District Court of Appeal's ruling on Betty Mann vs Orange County Board of County Commissioners.  The impacts of this landmark case are still hotly debated.

Florida Supreme Court's ruling on Mann vs Orange County Board of County Commissioners.  Betty Mann's appeal of the Fifth District Court's ruling was denied by the Florida Supreme Court.

Orange County's brief for the Florida Supreme Court's review of Mann vs Orange County Board of County Commissioners.

Betty Jean Mann's brief for the Florida Supreme Court's review of Mann vs Orange County Board of County Commissioners.  Written by Thomas Pelham.

The Administration Commission's ruling on the Broward County case contains an excellent review of  Broward County's attempt to implement school concurrency.

The Broward County Educational Plant Survey contains a description of the cohort survival technique used in forecasting future student enrollment.  The description is on page 92 of the pdf document (page 87 of the original document).

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