Education Budget

The Florida Board of Education on Friday advanced a $21.8 billion request for public school funding in the next budget year, including a $200 boost in…

Gov. Rick Scott stopped at a Tampa elementary school Monday morning, touting what he called a record budget for education. Scott may not get what he wants…

Recess has returned, but not for charter schools, and state testing will be limited to two weeks. Those are just two of the proposals lawmakers crammed…

Florida lawmakers are getting closer to a budget deal that will add more money for schools. Florida schools would get $207 more per student if the...

Polls show Governor Rick Scott and former Governor Charlie Crist are polarizing. Voters are as likely to dislike the candidates as they are to approve of…

The next time Florida legislators propose raising tuition or cutting budgets for higher education, members of the University of South Florida Student…

While staff and faculty at the University of South Florida have $8 million in raises to look forward to, the looming specter of a $12 million budget…

Port Richey Republican Sen. John Legg has founded a charter school and is chairman of the Senate Education committee.So people listened when Legg raised…