“We have the best governor in America right now,” Donalds said Saturday during a campaign appearance in Tampa. “Would I love to eliminate property taxes? Instead, Donalds offered a couple of remedies — included raising the homestead exemption from $50,000 to between $300,000 and $400,000. “So, you do that on homesteaded property, and then you create a harder cap that would have to apply for the school taxes,” he said. Florida lawmakers passed a bill (HB 1285) in the 2024 session that opened more options for school locations in the state.