We're now at almost 51,000 average minimum salary in the state of Florida. I mean, that's a big, big increase, but we've done more every year. So The budget that I signed at the end of June, that's now in effect for the teacher categorical has $1.56 billion. But interestingly, and I think this is good that the legislature did this, we've done a lot on average minimum, and it wasn't only for average minimum, but that was the focus focus of the categorical for the first few years. (11:03–11:13)
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