{"id":17531,"date":"2013-03-20T12:45:04","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T16:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=17531"},"modified":"2013-03-20T12:45:22","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T16:45:22","slug":"proposed-senate-education-budget-includes-teacher-performance-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2013\/03\/20\/proposed-senate-education-budget-includes-teacher-performance-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Senate Education Budget Includes Teacher Performance Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sen. Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, chairs the education budget committee. He's proposing a K-12 budget that's $1.1-billion larger than last year.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/strong>A Quinnipiac University poll released today finds Florida voters approve of one of Gov. Rick Scott\u2019s top budget priorities.<\/p>\n

Nearly three-quarters of respondents<\/a> like his proposal to give $2,500 raises to the state\u2019s public school teachers.<\/p>\n

Legislative leaders like the idea of more money for teachers — but not necessarily across-the-board raises<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education met this morning to go over Chairman Bill Galvano\u2019s proposed education budget<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It contains $1.1 billion more for K-12 funding than last year\u2019s budget and\u00a0includes a boost for teachers in the form of performance pay.<\/p>\n

Here are the highlights:<\/p>\n

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