{"id":12772,"date":"2012-09-06T11:15:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T15:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=12772"},"modified":"2012-09-11T16:28:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T20:28:09","slug":"florida-2012-education-funding-increase-fifth-largest-in-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/09\/06\/florida-2012-education-funding-increase-fifth-largest-in-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida 2012 Education Funding Increase Fifth-Largest In Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12774\"  class=\"wp-caption module image left\" style=\"max-width: 175px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/09\/06\/florida-2012-education-funding-increase-fifth-largest-in-nation\/9-6-budgetcuts\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12774\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12774\" title=\"9-6 BudgetCuts\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/09\/9-6-BudgetCuts-175x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/09\/9-6-BudgetCuts-175x300.jpg 175w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/09\/9-6-BudgetCuts.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">After adding $1 billion to education funding this year, Florida has moved to the middle of the pack for state cuts to education since the start of the Great Recession in 2008.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Florida had the fifth-largest increase in per-student school funding this year, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbpp.org\/files\/9-4-12sfp.pdf\">according to a new ranking from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Florida<a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/03\/13\/wrapping-up-education-bills-in-the-2012-florida-legislative-session\/\"> added $1 billion in additional K-12 funding<\/a> in the current budget, moving the state to the middle of the pack for percentage of education funding cut since 2008.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Last year Florida had the<a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2011\/10\/07\/florida-ranks-sixth-for-k-12-education-cuts\/\"> sixth-highest cumulative education cuts among all states since the Great Recession began<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">However, Florida still spends $296 less per student &#8212; adjusted for inflation &#8212; than before the Great Recession began in 2008.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Florida lawmakers are not <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/jp\/florida-budget-forecast-no-rainy-days-expected\/\">expected to face a budget shortfall this year<\/a>, according to a new revenue projection, which means schools could avoid further cuts in the next state budget.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbpp.org\/cms\/index.cfm?fa=view&amp;id=3825\">Read the report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida had the fifth-largest increase in per-student school funding this year, according to a new ranking from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Florida added $1 billion in additional K-12 funding in the current budget, moving the state to the middle of the pack for percentage of education funding cut since 2008. 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