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TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking lawmakers for a $285 million increase in public-school funding in the coming year and to keep tuition rates flat for college and university students - a potentially stark contrast to what House and Senate budget leaders have signaled could be coming.
DeSantis on Thursday released an overall $96.6 billion budget proposal for the 2021-2022 fiscal year under the slogan “Florida Leads,” offering a rosy outlook on the state’s financial future. The rollout came as lawmakers brace to negotiate a budget amid a roughly $2 billion shortfall brought on by COVID-19.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (News Service of Florida) - Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking lawmakers for a $285 million increase in public-school funding in the coming year and to keep tuition rates flat for college and university students - a potentially stark contrast to what House and Senate budget leaders have signaled could be coming.
DeSantis on Thursday released an overall $96.6 billion budget proposal for the 2021-2022 fiscal year under the slogan “Florida Leads,” offering a rosy outlook on the state’s financial future. The rollout came as lawmakers brace to negotiate a budget amid a roughly $2 billion shortfall brought on by COVID-19.
Local projects proposed amid Florida s budget woes
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - State lawmakers, advised this week about limited tax dollars amid the COVID-19 pandemic, have already proposed 43 hometown projects worth more than $45 million.
And hundreds more are expected before the 2021 legislative session starts in early March.
The proposals range from the $25,000 sought by Rep. Anna Eskaman, D-Orlando, for an adult-literacy program in Central Florida (HB 2017) to $7.2 million sought by Sen. Manny Diaz Jr., R-Hialeah, to continue funding the Veterans Access Clinic at Nova Southeastern University (Senate form 1000).
Other examples include requests for $250,000 to help fund septic-to-sewer conversions in Collier County (HB 2045); $300,000 to help elevate Bonita Springs homes flooded by Hurricane Irma in 2017 (HB 2043); and $200,000 to promote swimming lessons for children in Pasco, Pinellas, Manatee, Hillsborough, Broward and Miami-Dade counties (Senate Form 1007).
$45M in local projects proposed amid Florida budget woes
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And hundreds more are expected before the 2021 legislative session starts in early March.
The proposals range from the $25,000 sought by Rep. Anna Eskaman, D-Orlando, for an adult-literacy program in Central Florida (HB 2017) to $7.2 million sought by Sen. Manny Diaz Jr., R-Hialeah, to continue funding the Veterans Access Clinic at Nova Southeastern University (Senate form 1000).
Other examples include requests for $250,000 to help fund septic-to-sewer conversions in Collier County (HB 2045); $300,000 to help elevate Bonita Springs homes flooded by Hurricane Irma in 2017 (HB 2043); and $200,000 to promote swimming lessons for children in Pasco, Pinellas, Manatee, Hillsborough, Broward and Miami-Dade counties (Senate Form 1007).