Scott Asks for $1 Billion More in Spending for Florida Schools; Will Get Savings From Further Cuts to State Worker Benefits | Scathing Purple Musings

Scott Asks for $1 Billion More in Spending for Florida Schools; Will Get Savings From Further Cuts to State Worker Benefits | Scathing Purple Musings:

Scott Asks for $1 Billion More in Spending for Florida Schools; Will Get Savings From Further Cuts to State Worker Benefits

by Bob Sikes

And he vowed to not sign any plan which doesn’t go along with it either: Writes excellent Associated Press reporter Gary Fineout:

TALLAHASSEE – Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who was criticized for pushing school funding cuts a few months ago, is asking for a billion dollars more for education to come during an election year.

Scott on Wednesday will introduce a budget for 2012 that calls for increasing the amount spent on the state’s nearly 2.7 billion public school students by slightly more than $100 each and more than $1 billion overall.

While the overall amount per student is not going up that much, it marks a dramatic change for