school funding

COVID-19 will be top of mind as the Florida Legislature begins its 2021 session. These will be the main topics they'll address.

The budget proposal would increase funding for public schools and target environmental projects, including Everglades restoration, despite shortfalls from the coronavirus pandemic.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a budget-related bill that could lead to changes in a long-controversial formula for divvying up money among school…

A sharply divided Florida Supreme Court rejected a nearly decade-old lawsuit Friday that claimed the state isn't living up to its constitutional…

Some school districts are chafing under a provision meant to adjust funding based on cost of living. They’re applauding an effort to study the system,...

One part of Florida’s complex public school funding program is drawing fire from two Republican state senators. They’re calling for a study of what’s...

Florida legislators have a deal over how much more money will go to the state's public schools.House and Senate budget writers on Sunday agreed to boost…

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...

House budget writers unveiled an education spending plan Monday that would provide public schools with almost $47 less per student than Gov. Rick Scott…