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Duval County Public Schools collected almost $7 million in its first month of half-cent sales tax revenue, Superintendent Diana Greene said.
Greene said the school district received its first installment $6,689,011 from sales tax revenue at the end of March. A district spokesman said they expect to see February s installment soon. Initial projections from the school district anticipated between $6.6 and $8 million per month over the course of the 15-year tax.
Of that $6,689,011 collected, $922,541.99 will go to charter schools within the district. New state legislature entitles charter schools to sales tax revenue on a per-student basis.
We are neither overly optimistic nor pessimistic about the first collections in January, Spokesman Tracy Pierce said.  This is a 15-year funding program being launched in a pandemic impacted economy. January is just the first data point. We are excited to be moving forward with the building plan as presented to the voters. ....

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