A dispute over local government taxing powers doomed the measure that would have linked school planning and growth management to avoid overcrowded classrooms. The legislation also included a study on finding a way to measure the public cost of new development. Bush has promised to push lawmakers to pass the legislation next year.
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Five years later they are in double-shifted schools, or they're overcrowded. The bill then went back to the House, which did not take it up before also adjourning. The House version would have kept present law. House Speaker Tom Feeney, R-Oviedo, insisted taxes should be raised only by a vote of the people. McKay contended voters elect local officials to make those decisions.