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Ron DeSantis: “This year was 1.38 billion, I think we did, which is way…”

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Published | Video Starts at 05:04

They can always put more into that. But we said, here's money, it's got to go to Teacher salaries, and that's been really, really big. Many billions. This year was 1.38 billion, I think we did, which is way more than had ever been done before [for teacher salaries]. Proud of that. We've also done more for natural resources and environmental restoration. The Indian River Lagoon, amazing progress. What we've been able to do, Everglades restoration, massive, massive projects that we're doing. (05:04–05:11)

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Asserts that $1.38 billion was allocated for teacher salaries, more than ever before.

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