Still, Bush today begins reviewing the suggestions of the Growth Management Study Commission which completed its seven-month findings in Orlando Feb. 9. Among the suggestions is one barring new housing and mixed-use developments in areas that don't have enough classrooms to serve the projects.

The school issue is among the top items on the commission's agenda but is still expected to run into opposition when the Legislature meets in March. Lawmakers passed regulations on the same issue in 1985 and 1992, giving each of the state's 67 counties authority to block new developments when classrooms in an area were scarce. But given political constraints, few counties stepped to the plate and enforced the regulations.

Now the commission suggests the prohibition of new developments be state-mandated and taken out of the control or jurisdiction of the counties to prevent continued urban sprawl in some communities. Legislators couldn't agree on any new regulations at their annual session in 2000.