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- Referendum Renewal
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Millage Minute Videos
- Additional Instructional Time
- Advances Job Skills
- Advances Technology and Engineering Programs
- Advancing Arts Programs
- Attracting High Quality Teachers
- Boosts Career and Technical Programs
- Competitive Pay for Teachers
- Elevating Elementary STEM Labs
- Encourages Student Entrepreneurs
- Enhances STEM Programs
- Improves Teacher Recruitment
- Prepares Students for Jobs
- Provides Career Skills
- Renovates Science Labs
- Strengthens STEM Opportunities
- 1-Mill Referendum
- Citizens' Financial Oversight Committee
- Half-Cent Sales Tax
- Transparency Manatee
1-Mill Property Tax
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Manatee County voters generously approved a 1-mill referendum in March 2018. The funds were used for an additional 30 minutes of instructional time for students each school day, pay increases for teachers and other instructional staff, expansion of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) programs and to assist local charter schools.
In November 2021, Manatee County voters overwhelmingly approved a renewal of the 1-mill referendum. The renewal included an additional focus on funding for arts programs across the school district. The emphasis on the arts transformed the STEM allocations into funding for STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math.
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How your 1-Mill Property tax dollars are being Allocated
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2022-2023 Original Adopted Budget
Total: $57,569,264
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*Charter School funds will be distributed based on their proportional share of FTE pursuant to Florida Statute 1011.71.