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StateImpact: Lawmakers Wrestle With Fair Funding For Charter Schools

Florida lawmakers will start the legislative session next month, and a big issue will be how to fund the state's charter schools.

The publicly funded but privately run schools have complained they don't get a share of local taxes used to pay for school buildings and maintenance.

They're asking lawmakers to require school districts share money for buildings.
StateImpact Florida reporter John O'Connor sat down with WUSF's Craig Kopp to explain the school funding debate.