{"id":3108,"date":"2011-11-17T14:40:02","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T19:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=3108"},"modified":"2011-11-17T14:48:28","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T19:48:28","slug":"should-gambling-fund-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2011\/11\/17\/should-gambling-fund-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Florida Schools Strike it Rich With New Casinos?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3115\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"A Florida lawmaker has introduced a bill to earmark gaming revenue for education. Lawmakers are likely to debate allowing megacasinos.\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2011\/11\/103496865.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3115\" title=\"A tourists plays a slot machine while at\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2011\/11\/103496865-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2011\/11\/103496865-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2011\/11\/103496865-220x145.jpg 220w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2011\/11\/103496865.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Stringer \/ AFP<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Florida lawmaker has introduced a bill to earmark gaming revenue for education. Lawmakers are likely to debate allowing megacasinos.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Jacksonville state Senator has filed a bill that <a href=\"http:\/\/jacksonville.com\/opinion\/blog\/403455\/matt-dixon\/2011-11-16\/stephen-wise-wants-steer-gaming-money-toward-education\">would earmark gambling money<\/a> for K-12 education as state lawmakers prepare to debate allowing megacasinos, according to the <em>Jacksonville TImes-Union<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would set aside 2 percent of gaming revenue for a Department of Education endowment and juvenile justice.<\/p>\n<p>But is it a good idea to rely on gambling to fund schools?<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers have had to restrict eligibility for the lottery-funded Bright Futures scholarship program as revenues have flattened, and eventually declined, in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oppaga.state.fl.us\/profiles\/2090\/print.asp\">the past few years<\/a>. Lottery revenues typically plateau as they reach &#8220;maturity,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/chrestomathy.cofc.edu\/pv_obj_cache\/pv_obj_id_4F44C97F8FED2042CD1C9090FB2109B575550200\/filename\/tomlinson.pdf\">experts say<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Last year the lottery generated $1.19 billion for education, down from $1.29 billion in budget year ending June 30, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>But interest in Bright Futures is growing &#8212; forcing lawmakers to raise eligibility standards for students graduating in the next few years.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Is gaming revenue a good idea? Is it a short-term fix to consider?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Jacksonville state Senator has filed a bill that would earmark gambling money for K-12 education as state lawmakers prepare to debate allowing megacasinos, according to the Jacksonville TImes-Union. The bill would set aside 2 percent of gaming revenue for a Department of Education endowment and juvenile justice. But is it a good idea to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[1014,1036,1028,1092],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3108"}],"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\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3119,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3108\/revisions\/3119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}