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Ron DeSantis: “It's now $1.35 billion, 1.38.”

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Governor DeSantis Announces Expansion of Success Academy Charter Schools to Florida

Published | Video Starts at 29:14

But the problem is you send more money to school districts, they don't have to spend it on teachers. And a lot of times bureaucracies grow. So we created a categorical in the budget that. And It's now $1.35 billion, 1.38. It only can be spent on teacher studies, but we include the charter schools in those public schools. And so we've been able to help our charter schools teachers get pay increases. (29:14–29:18)

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Asserts the current budget for teacher salaries is between $1.35 billion and $1.38 billion.

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