Debate Brews on Federal Aid for Florida Schools
As lawmakers in cash-strapped Florida move into a legislative session likely to be dominated by budget issues, Gov. Charlie Crist is urging them to embrace his plan to spend federal stimulus aid on schools and other initiatives, and to increase per-pupil spending for education.
At the same time, the Republican governor used his March 3 State of the State address to repeat his call for legislation requiring school districts to spend 70 percent of their budgets directly "in the classroom for our students and teachers."
"The federal stimulus bill is not perfect; I've never seen a bill that is," the governor told the GOP-controlled legislature in his speech in Tallahassee. "But this package will provide much-needed tax relief, as well as immediate assistance in education, transportation, unemployment compensation, renewable energy, and other aid and is expected to save or create as...
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