FL Governor Increases School Spending

By The Associated Press
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Crist seeks education spending increase, more for teacher bonuses FL Governor Increases School Spending
Published: Thu, January 17, 2008 - 12:35 pm Last Updated: Thu, January 17, 2008 - 12:39 pm
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - School spending would go up by nearly
400 dollars per student under an education budget proposed today
Governor Crist.
Crist's proposal would also earmark nearly a half-billion
dollars for teacher bonuses.
The proposal is the first inkling of what his planned budget for
the coming year will include. It would increase pre-kindergarten
through 12th grade spending by one billion dollars.
Per-student spending would go up 394 dollars to about 76-hundred
dollars
That's a five-point-five percent increase over last year's
budget.
The Legislature actually writes the budget, working from the
governor's suggestion. The total spending plan for the year is
expected to be around 70 billion dollars.


(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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