In 2005, the Florida Legislature passed legislation that requires adequate school facilities to be in place within three years of construction of new homes. This concept is called “concurrency” and has been in place in the County since 1990 for roads, parks, sewer, water, storm water and solid waste facilities. Schools will now become part of that program. The state has mandated that Hillsborough County's and its cities adopt a school concurrency program no later than July 1, 2008. As of June 5, 2008, all four local governments in Hillsborough County have adopted the components to establish a school concurrency program. The effective date of these programs are as follows:
Unincorporated Hillsborough County - effective July 10, 2008; Plant City - August 8, 2008; Temple Terrace - August 20, 2008 and Tampa - September 4, 2008.
School concurrency is not determined until a project reaches the point of a preliminary plat or multi-family site plan or later in the development review process. In the case of rezoning and/or Comprehensive Plan Amendment applications, information related to existing and future school capacity will be provided by the School District, but those are comments only and do not constitute a finding of adequate school capacity or concurrency.
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