Anne GeggisMarch 6, 2024
6min0
The state's largest teachers union cites inflation and money going to voucher program to explain why billions more in state education spending won't move the needle.
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Anne GeggisMarch 6, 2024
Ryan NicolSeptember 24, 2019
4min278
The move follows a similar proposal from Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Danny McAuliffeMarch 26, 2019
7min773
Big-ticket differences don’t necessarily mean disaster, he says.
Danny McAuliffeMarch 19, 2019
4min443
The Senate’s K-12 spending proposal is more expensive than Gov. DeSantis' plan.
Danny McAuliffeFebruary 27, 20192min424
The Ron DeSantis campaign highlighted the concept last year.
Michael MolineJune 9, 2017
5min257
The Legislature concluded its special session with about an hour and 20 minutes to spare Friday, after voting to improve funding for public schools, colleges, and universities, and revamping the way the state encourages economic growth. While they were at it, the lawmakers passed an implementing bill for the medical marijuana constitutional amendment the voters […]
Michael MolineJune 9, 2017
4min571
The Senate has teed up a compromise school-funding bill designed to help send the Legislature home from its special session. But the senators held off a final vote until the House makes good on its promise to OK an economic development bill that contains $60 million in higher education projects. The Senate passed the latter […]
Michael MolineJune 8, 2017
5min378
The Senate rejected amendments Thursday that might have blocked a meeting of minds with the House on public schools funding — including bids to tie the legislation explicitly to economic development investments. “These issues have been parsed out separately,” said Sen. Gary Farmer, who offered both amendments. “Let’s put them together. And let’s candidly assert […]
Erin ClarkMarch 17, 2017
5min224
A recent report by Florida TaxWatch refutes one of the key arguments made by school choice opponents — namely, that charter and choice schools end up hurting traditional schools by diverting funding. Further, the paper says that voters might be missing a larger part of the picture: how much taxpayer money is actually going to K-12 […]