In the first year of Amendment 3 being in effect, fire and ambulance services in the Lower Keys would have an estimated shortfall of $430,287. The following year it would rise to $606,572, according to a presentation given by the country's budget director.

By subsidizing tuition costs for the classes, the School Board hopes to make early learning more accessible to families and, as a result, attract more families to help level enrollment losses.

In an interview Wednesday with CNN, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, said voters are focused on affordability issues. She sharply rejected the rising democratic socialist wing of the Democratic Party.