Manatee County School Board, Florida

TischlerBise recently completed an update to the County’s school impact fee. The County suspended collection of the impact fee in 2009 as enrollment stabilized. However, enrollment began increasing a number of years ago as the County emerged from the Great Recession. Given the need to provide additional student seats in response to this growth, the County hired TischlerBise to prepare a new school impact fee study. This update included several meetings with an advisory group made up of County and School District representatives, citizen groups, and the development community. An update was completed approximately 8 months after adoption to reflect the appropriate credit/offset for the renewal of the sales tax that is dedicated to the School District.