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Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is the public school district serving Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida. Founded in 1885, it is the largest school district in Florida, the largest in the Southeastern United States, and the third-largest [4] in the United States [5] with a student enrollment of 356,589 as of August 30 ...
Miami-Dade County (/ maɪˈæmiˈdeɪd /) is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 census, [ 4 ] making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most populous county in the United States. [ 7 ] It is Florida's third largest county in terms of ...
The government of Miami-Dade County is defined and authorized under the Constitution of Florida, Florida law, and the Home Rule Charter of Miami-Dade County. [1] Since its formation in 1957, Miami-Dade County, Florida has had a two-tier system of government. Under this system, Miami-Dade comprises a large unincorporated area and 34 incorporated ...
Well before messing up compensation for county commissioners, Miami-Dade’s payroll arm was over-paying hundreds of employees a month after the launch of a $66 million administrative software system.
When county employees get overpaid, it can take years for Miami-Dade to get the money back. After commission pay flubs, Miami-Dade audit shows more errors. Employees owe $3M
Jackson Health System. Jackson Health System is a nonprofit academic medical system in Miami, Florida. It is Governed by the Public Health Trust (a team of citizen who volunteer and act on behalf of the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners). Its services include offering, Miami-Dade County's residents, health services based on financial need.
Jackson Memorial is the centerpiece of the Jackson Health System, owned and operated by Miami-Dade County through the Public Health Trust. The hospital is supported by Miami-Dade County residents through a half-cent sales tax. In 2014, the Public Health Trust received $364 million in unrestricted funds from Miami-Dade County.
The school opened in 1899 as a black school, for black students residing in Dade County, although it traces its beginning to an earlier private school for black children, informally known as "The Little Schoolhouse," which opened in 1899 as the private Dade Training School. [1]