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State senator to push for giving schools financial flexibility, St. Pete Times

January 3, 2009
By Jeffrey S. Solochek

In preparation for Monday's special legislative session, Pasco County schools superintendent Heather Fiorentino has been urging Florida lawmakers to look for ways to ease spending requirements placed on school districts.

She's got a kindred spirit in Senate Education Committee chairwoman Nancy Detert, R-Venice, who has called for "100 percent flexibility" for districts.

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