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The 2001 Florida Statutes

Title XVI
Education
Chapter 228
Public Education: General Provisions
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Section 228.151, Florida Statutes 2001

228.151  Sources of State School Fund.--The State School Fund shall be derived from the following sources:

(1)  The proceeds of all lands that have been or may hereafter be granted to the state by the United States for public school purposes;

(2)  Donations to the state when the purpose is not specified;

(3)  Appropriations by the state;

(4)  The proceeds of escheated property or forfeitures; and

(5)  Twenty-five percent of the sales of public lands which are now or may hereafter be owned by the state.

History.--Formerly s. 4, Art. XII of the Constitution of 1885, as amended, converted to statutory law by s. 10, Art. XII of the Constitution as revised in 1968; s. 1, ch. 72-221.