How do you promote education when you can't teach anything that makes white people uncomfortable? Reminds me of Bush. More pollution called Clear Skies Initiative...
Freedom in Florida. Free of gay and trans people. Free of women's rights. Free of teaching anything that makes white people uncomfortable. Free of seeing controversial books in libraries. Free of wrong people voting.
Simple. Republicans like fiscal responsibility when a Democrat is president and wants money for social services or science or schools. They ignore fiscal responsibility when a Republican is president and wants gigantic tax cuts for the rich.f
The Outlander series has been removed from Florida libraries, along with any books on LGBTQ topics. Florida freedom. In the free state of Florida, no need to read. Just watch Fox "News" all day.
Trump is way in my rearview mirror, pals. https://www.floridadaily.com/ron-desantis-signs-109-9-billion-budget-vetoes-more-than-3-billion/ Ron DeSantis Signs $109.9 Billion Budget, Vetoes More Than $3 Billion This week, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the state budget, vetoing more than $3 billion while putting in place $109.9 billion in state spending, both record-high amounts. The budget DeSantis signed is $10 billion larger than the “Freedom First budget” he proposed in December. Last year, he signed off on a $101.5 billion budget. For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, during which DeSantis was elected, then Gov. Rick Scott signed an $88.7 billion budget into law. DeSantis insisted the new budget “prioritizes the freedoms of Floridians to live, work, and have successful businesses in the state.” “The budget totals $109.9 billion and includes a record $1.24 billion in tax relief for Floridians. Florida will have historic reserves at the end of Fiscal Year 2021-2022, totaling more than $20 billion, and reserves for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 are estimated to begin the year at more than $16 billion. Florida has record levels of reserves while continuing to make historic investments in education, infrastructure, and other programs. To maintain Florida’s sound fiscal standing in the face of negative economic headwinds due to ill-conceived federal policies, Governor DeSantis vetoed $3.1 billion in spending, setting a new state record by a wide margin,” the governor’s office insisted. “Florida has preserved freedom and kept the economy open, which has enabled the state to outperform the nation in jobs, growth, and business formations,” said DeSantis after he signed the budget in the Villages on Thursday. “Our commitment to freedom has paid off. Our responsible fiscal policies have put the state in a strong position to make the record investments needed to support growth and opportunity in spite of the reckless fiscal and monetary policies of the Biden administration.” The tax relief includes a “gas tax holiday that lowers the price of gas in Florida by 25.3 cents and will save Floridians $200 million and a sales tax holiday on diapers and baby clothes for one year, providing $120 million in tax relief.” The budget also includes $400 million to expand broadband, including in rural communities, and $11.7 billion for the State Transportation Work Program. The new budget also spends $8,143 per student, a record high, and almost $580 million for workforce education. The budget also includes bonuses for first responders and bonuses to recruit law enforcement officers from out of state.......... The article knocked Florida in education, but I'm not really getting that same feeling..... https://www.fldoe.org/newsroom/late...ts-national-ranking-for-k-12-achievement.stml Florida Continues to Shine with its National Ranking for K-12 Achievement Florida Continues to Shine with its National Ranking for K-12 Achievement ~ Annual Quality Counts report grades Florida third in the nation for second year ~ Tallahassee, Fla., September 2, 2021 – Florida continues to shine with its national ranking as third in the nation for K-12 Achievement according to a new 2021 Quality Counts report by Education Week. This is the second year Florida has ranked third, which was a move up from fourth in 2019 and continues to be the highest ranking ever in K-12 Achievement for the Sunshine State. “Florida continues to set the pace for the nation in education,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “We led the nation in re-opening our schools last year and our entire education community stepped up to make sure that every student received a quality education. In Florida, we will continue to make sure that every child has the opportunity to learn in school and get a great education.” “Today’s announcement is a clear measure of the collective hard work of our students, their families, our teachers and school leaders,” said Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran. “With the implementation of our new B.E.S.T. English Language Arts and Mathematics standards, investments in early literacy, early learning and closing achievement gaps, and collaboration with school districts to implement data-driven supports like massively increased use of progress monitoring, we are setting our students and teachers up for success to increase students’ growth and achievement in the years to come.” The K-12 Achievement index is comprised of six indicator areas: Achievement Levels, Achievement Gains, Poverty Gap, Achieving Excellence, High School Graduation and Advanced Placement. To develop the measure, Education Week used NAEP performance data, College Board data and graduation data from the US Department of Education. Highlights of the 2021 September Quality Counts report include: Florida outperforms the nation in 15 of 18 K-12 Achievement measures Florida is ranked 2nd for improving the high school graduation rate. Florida is ranked 3rd for improvement in grade 4 mathematics. Florida is ranked 4th for improvement in grade 8 reading. Florida is ranked 4th for improving the grade 4 poverty gap. Florida is ranked 6th for proficiency in grade 4 mathematics. Florida is ranked 6th in the nation for improving high advanced placement test scores Florida is ranked 7th for the size of its grade 4 reading poverty gap. Florida is ranked 7th for improving the grade 8 poverty gap. Florida is ranked 8th or improvement in grade 4 reading. Florida is ranked 8th in the nation for successful grade 11 and 12 advanced placement test scores.
