District overview
Lafayette County School District
How Florida's Lafayette County schools in Mayo are governed and funded.
Who runs Lafayette County schools?
Lafayette County School District serves the whole county from Mayo, through Lafayette Elementary School and Lafayette High School (grades 6-12). A five-member elected School Board sets policy and adopts the budget, and Superintendent Robert Edwards runs the district and serves as the board's secretary. Most general fund money comes from the state through the Florida Education Finance Program. Local property taxes cover the required local effort (3.195 mills), a discretionary levy (0.748 mills) and capital outlay (1.5 mills). Major construction depends on the state's Special Facilities program for small counties.
Small budget, thin reserve
The 2026-27 general fund plans $12.32 million in spending against $11.45 million in revenue, with a projected $575,859 reserve at year end.
State construction funding delayed
The district ranked first for Special Facilities money due to start July 2026, but the Legislature skipped it for a year.
Open public hearings
Policy changes, textbooks, budgets and the start-time question all go through advertised hearings at 6:30 PM regular meetings. Public comment is usually light.
Collective bargaining
Teacher (LEA) and support staff (SRP) contracts run July 2025 to June 2028. TSIA raise money is bargained each year.
Most votes are unanimous, and the minutes record little debate, so how decisions were reached is often not visible in the record.
Where the district stands
Major projects
Special Facilities construction project
delayedThe district ranked first in the state queue, but funding expected July 2026 was left out of the state budget. The plant survey and five-year work plan were renewed to keep the application active.
- Lobbyist update, first year of funding expected July 1, 2026
- Funding skipped by Legislature; one-year delay
- Plant survey and work plan renewed
Funding
State Special Facilities program
School start-time review
under reviewMonthly public hearings were held on whether to move both schools to an 8:30 AM start. No decision is recorded.
- Hearings begin
- Latest hearing, no comment
Funding
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Practical guides to school phone policies, district budgets, and administrator hiring.
Explore resources →Collected from lafayette.k12.fl.us: board agendas, notices and official minutes from October 2025 to October 2026, plus the 2025-26 and 2026-27 budgets. Scanned minutes were read with OCR.
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