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Rick Scott Silent on Potential Budget Shortfall for Florida’s A-Plus Money | Scathing Purple Musings

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Rick Scott Silent on Potential Budget Shortfall for Florida’s A-Plus Money

It’s turning out to be a pretty bad day for Florida’s education reformers. Now comes word that the merit pay program that Florida has now may have a budget shortfall and that there’s a delay in awarding school grades.

“With high schools receiving their grades in late December and not within a time frame that allows schools and districts to utilize the appropriate appeals process, we simply cannot provide funding to one group of schools and not the others,” Robinson said in a statement.

Since the one-month appeal period must also be factored in, the schedule for