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‘Sales Tax’ Holiday Set For 2017 Hurricane Season
Last Thursday morning,
Governor Rick Scott
signed HB 7109 into law. The $180 million tax cut includes sales tax holidays for disaster preparedness and back-to- school sales tax holidays.
The Atlantic Hurricane Season begins on June 1st and ends on November 30th.
The Disaster Prepared- ness Sales Holiday begins at midnight on June 2nd and ends on June 4th at midnight. During this period, certain items purchased for the 2017 Hurricane Season will not be taxed.
The items include:
Portable self-powered light sources such as lanterns selling for $20 or less;
Portable self powered ra- dios, two-way radios, or Weatherband radios selling
for $50 or less;
Tarps or other flexible,
waterproof sheeting selling for $50 or less;
A self-contained first-aid kit selling for $30 or less;
A ground anchor system or tie-down kit selling for $50 or less;
A gas or diesel fuel tank selling for $25 or less;
Non-electric food storage cooler selling for $30 or less; A portable generator used
to provide light or communi- cations or preserve food in the event of a power outage selling for $750 or less;
Reusable ice selling for $10 or less; and
A package of AA-Cell; C- Cell; D-Cell, 6-Vote, or 9-Volt batteries selling for $30 or less. Batteries for automo- biles or boats are not in- cluded.
Supervisor Of County’s Health Services Spearheads Effort To ‘Bring
Home Gold’ For Public Schools
Hillsborough County Pub- lic Schools recently achieved Gold Status as one of Florida’s Healthy School Districts. The award, an initiative from the Florida Department of Educa- tion in conjunction with the Florida Department of Health, rates the policies and processes of school districts in a number of areas including physical education, employee wellness, and healthy school environment.
The district received an outstanding score of 100% for its policies and processes in the areas of Physical Educa- tion, Healthy School Environ- ment, Employee Wellness, and Counseling, Psychological and Social Services. Only eight school districts in Florida achieved this level.
Dr. Maria Russ, the dis- trict’s Supervisor of Health Services, spearheaded the ef- fort to submit the self-assess-
DR. MARIA RUSS ...Supervisor, Hillsborough County School District Health Services
ment to be considered for this award. “It was a lot of work,” Dr. Russ said. “But we are committed to the health of the whole child and this was a way to demonstrate that.”
School Board member Lynn Gray agrees, and is ex- cited the district accepted the
challenge and will be rewarded for its efforts. “I think this is wonderful,” Gray said. “A healthy body is essential to a healthy mind which increases student achievement.”
To qualify, school district representatives were required to fill out the Florida Healthy School District Self-Assess- ment. The assessment was de- veloped by the Florida Coordinated School Health Partnership and was designed as a way to celebrate the achievements of school dis- tricts that excel in areas related to the physical, mental and so- cial health of staff and stu- dents.
The gold status recognition is valid from May 2017 until April 2019.
To learn more, watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?v=97iGMHAytfg&fea- ture=youtu.be.
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