Encouraged by Governor DeSantis education budget priorities

Today Governor DeSantis announced his budget proposal for the upcoming year. I am very encouraged by both the priorities and potential funding. It is earlier in the process but there is reason to be excited!

Extra thanks to Gov. DeSantis for continuing to make workforce education a high priority. We must continue to focus on workforce certification and job-ready training opportunities for our high school students.

A few of the highlights of the proposal include:

• $600m to boost teacher pay – increase average minimum salary. (This is a $50m increase from last year)
• $8,000 in per pupil funding
• $124 increase in base student allocation
• $421m for school safety & mental health initiatives
• $15.5m to replace the FSA with the new progress monitoring system. (This will be recurring.)
• $534m to support workforce education programs (Very excited about this!)

To read the Governor’s press release on today’s announcement with more details visit-

https://flgov.com/2021/11/10/governor-desantis-proposes-boosting-teacher-pay-ending-the-fsa-renewing-bonuses-for-principals-and-teachers-and-expanding-workforce-initiatives/

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