By Larry Spilman
Jan 28, 2021
Governor Ron DeSantis released his $96.6 billion Florida Leads state budget proposal Thursday for Fiscal Year 2021-2022. While the COVID-19 pandemic has tested the strength of our state and our nation, Florida is resilient and will continue to lead the nation, Governor DeSantis said. The cornerstone of my mission has been to protect our most vulnerable residents and put Florida s Seniors First, while ensuring that every Floridian can got to school, go to work, and provide for themselves and their families.
The state will spend an additional $3 billion on Medicaid and per-pupil school spending goes up more than $230.
By Larry Spilman
Jan 28, 2021
Governor Ron DeSantis released his $96.6 billion Florida Leads state budget proposal Thursday for Fiscal Year 2021-2022. While the COVID-19 pandemic has tested the strength of our state and our nation, Florida is resilient and will continue to lead the nation, Governor DeSantis said. The cornerstone of my mission has been to protect our most vulnerable residents and put Florida s Seniors First, while ensuring that every Floridian can got to school, go to work, and provide for themselves and their families.
The state will spend an additional $3 billion on Medicaid and per-pupil school spending goes up more than $230.
By Larry Spilman
Jan 28, 2021
Governor Ron DeSantis released his $96.6 billion Florida Leads state budget proposal Thursday for Fiscal Year 2021-2022. While the COVID-19 pandemic has tested the strength of our state and our nation, Florida is resilient and will continue to lead the nation, Governor DeSantis said. The cornerstone of my mission has been to protect our most vulnerable residents and put Florida s Seniors First, while ensuring that every Floridian can got to school, go to work, and provide for themselves and their families.
The state will spend an additional $3 billion on Medicaid and per-pupil school spending goes up more than $230.
DeSantis unveils $96.6B budget with $2.6B more for pandemic response
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – While unveiling a record $96.6 billion proposed budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year, Gov. Ron DeSantis touted Florida’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effort to increase teacher pay.
DeSantis said he wants to put more funding toward both those areas in next year’s budget, which is $4.3 billion more than the current budget. DeSantis said more than half of that increase $2.6 billion is for costs related to the state’s COVID-19 pandemic response.
“There are not a lot of spending increases throughout the budget that are not pandemic driven,” DeSantis said.