Proposed Education cuts in Florida

Parents Forum
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<p>Please explain the ramifications if Rick Scott’s budget proposal passes. Talk to me like I’m a fifth-grader. What is his true rationale in doing this, and what is likely to happen if his budget passes? </p>

<p>[Gov</a>. Rick Scott’s proposed education budget: $1.75 billion in cuts](<a href=“http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/gov-rick-scotts-proposed-education-budget-1-75-1302720.html]Gov”>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/gov-rick-scotts-proposed-education-budget-1-75-1302720.html)</p>

<p>Thanks from a parent of Florida public-school kids.</p>

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<p>All I have to say is that I am so grateful that my youngest is a senior this year. So much for Scott’s campaign promise to not touch education bugets!</p>

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<p>I don’t know a thing about Florida’s school issues. In CT the problem is unfunded mandates.</p>

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<p>This is a tragic story happening all over the country. Out of curiosity, is he proposing increased funding for corrections?</p>

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<p>A less educated populace is a boost to his political party. It’s quite simple.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies. I’m not sure about corrections. That is something I will investigate.</p>

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<p>Yes, it seems that he is with the Right On Crime movement. [Right</a> on Crime ?](<a href=“http://www.rightoncrime.com/]Right”>http://www.rightoncrime.com/) He is proposing increased funding for reducing recidivism. Which sounds good in theory but I’ll have to research further.</p>