{"id":16427,"date":"2013-01-30T10:42:41","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T15:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=16427"},"modified":"2013-01-30T10:42:42","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T15:42:42","slug":"gov-scott-proposes-1-2b-increase-in-education-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2013\/01\/30\/gov-scott-proposes-1-2b-increase-in-education-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Scott Proposes $1.2B Increase In Education Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16429\"  class=\"wp-caption module image left\" style=\"max-width: 249px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2013\/01\/30\/gov-scott-proposes-1-2b-increase-in-education-funding\/govscott-at-ap\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16429\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16429\" title=\"GovScott at AP\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2013\/01\/GovScott-at-AP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Gina Jordan\/StateImpact Florida<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Rick Scott told reporters gathered at the Capitol that jobs and education are his top priorities for the upcoming legislation session.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gov. Rick Scott is proposing a $1.2 billion increase in education funding for Kindergarten through 12th grade.<\/p>\n<p>He told a gathering of reporters and newspaper editors at the Capitol today that education is one of his top agenda items for the legislative session that begins in March.<\/p>\n<p>Alluding to the $1.3 billion cut to education in 2011, Scott said,&#8221;We had to make some tough choices in order to get our state back on track when I came into office. Now, we are in a position to strategically invest in statewide priorities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His proposal amounts to total per student funding of $6,800, an increase of more than $400 per student.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This total includes $10.7 billion in state funding for Florida K-12 schools, the highest state funding in state history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The budget &#8220;also includes our $480 million commitment to give each and every classroom teacher a $2,500 pay raise along with the cost of related benefits,&#8221; Scott said.<\/p>\n<p>He said investing in educators and teachers is key to the state&#8217;s continued economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of all the things government funds, I&#8217;m certain of the value our teachers add to our state. Teachers change lives,&#8221; Scott said.<\/p>\n<p>The governor will unveil his proposed budget for 2013-14 tomorrow. He said it will also contain additional funding for Pre-K.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Rick Scott is proposing a $1.2 billion increase in education funding for Kindergarten through 12th grade. He told a gathering of reporters and newspaper editors at the Capitol today that education is one of his top agenda items for the legislative session that begins in March. Alluding to the $1.3 billion cut to education [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16427"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16434,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16427\/revisions\/16434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}