Interlocal Agreements to Implement School Concurrency

In July 2005, revisions enacted by the Florida Legislature pertaining to school planning became effective. Those revisions require all local governments and school districts to develop and implement a school concurrency program. Hillsborough County's due date for school concurrency is July 1, 2008. In order to implement concurrency the School Board and each local government must enter into an interlocal agreement specifying the standards and procedures that will be used to administer the school concurrency program. The attached Interlocal Agreements are draft proposals with each local government. These are revisions to the 2003 School Facilities Planning and Siting Interlocal Agreements already in effect. The revisions for concurrency have been under development since 2006. The School Board will be asked to review these Interlocal Agreements and sign them on April 15, 2008. The Planning Commission is scheduled to review them and sign them on April 14, 2008. Subsequently, each local government will review and sign the Agreements as well as adopt the related components to implement school concurrency.

The Interlocal Agreement provides for the following:

• Level of Service (LOS) standard equals 100% of permanent FISH capacity.
• Concurrency Service Areas equal school attendance boundaries.
• Obligates School Board to establish and maintain a financially feasible work plan to provide the necessary capacity to achieve the LOS standard within 5 years and maintain that level for subsequent years.
• Outlines procedures to include local governments in review of the 5-year plan process.

• Outlines procedures to conduct concurrency reviews and to amend key concurrency components.

Provide adequate school facilities for the accomplishment of all District Goals and Critical Success Factors.