education funding

Last school year, the county received $60 million in local property tax revenue. About 80% of that went toward increasing teacher pay.

Said Senate President Wilton Simpson: “We’re saying that we’d prefer the degree you’re getting leads to a job, and I think that’s fair."

Gov. Ron DeSantis is getting closer to deciding whether to approve the bill (HB 629), which passed the House and Senate in early May.

Members of the House Higher Education Appropriations committee received a breakdown of the budget for the year Thursday. As Blaise Gainey reports, the...

The Florida Board of Education on Friday advanced a $21.8 billion request for public school funding in the next budget year, including a $200 boost in…

Florida's highest court is going to take up a far-reaching lawsuit that contends the state is not properly funding public schools.The Florida Supreme…

Superintendents from around the state are petitioning Gov. Rick Scott to hold a special session to address what they feel is a paltry increase to K-12...

Legislative leaders are touting this year’s $101 increase in K-12 per student funding as “unprecedented.” But education officials say that billing is...

A budget proposal that is advancing in the Legislature would make next year's funding for Florida's public schools contingent on the passage of...

A key Senate education panel released a budget proposal Wednesday that would increase public-school funding by $110 per student in 2018-2019.

The Florida House and Senate are already clashing over education—higher ed in particular. The House is planning deep cuts for the state’s public...

For the past several years the Florida House and Senate have battled over how to pay for public schools. Now the House is drawing a red line over what...