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School Concurrency...planning a seat for every child when needed.

The School Board, the Board of County Commissioners of Palm Beach County, and 27 participating municipalities within Palm Beach County all approved the implementation of public school concurrency and officially implemented the program on June 27, 2002, making Palm Beach the first County in Florida to officially adopt School Concurrency.

A Technical Advisory Group (TAG), which is an oversight committee, was established to monitor and evaluate the concurrency program.  The School Concurrency Interlocal Agreement (ILA) established twenty-one (21) Concurrency Service Areas (CSAs), as well as a specified Level of Service (LOS) for each of these service areas.

During the 2011 legislative session, school concurrency again became optional in Florida (HB 7207).  Given this new legislation, the School District of Palm Beach County will be discussing the future of school concurrency with its partnering Cities and the County, including whether school concurrency should continue to be implemented "as is" in Palm Beach County.  The School District, the County and Local Governments will however continue to implement as Interlocal Agreement encouraging coordinated planning among the agencies to benefit all students of Palm Beach County.  To learn more, click here.