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Florida school districts will see a three percent increase this fall. The increased funding was agreed to at the State Capitol. At over 19 billion, It marks a record increase in education spending, but it falls short of a record per pupil spending plan sought by the Governor. State Sen. Don gaetz says the budget still provides a significant increase.

“It’s a two hundred and seven dollar per student increase. It’s not as much of a per student increase that the Governor might have wanted. But the reason for that is because, since the Governor proposed his budget, we’ve had the addition of over thirty thousand new students, and that’s like adding a medium size school district to the state of Florida” says Gaetz.

The school funding agreement eases tensions in the Capitol. Lawmakers said today they plan to wrap up their special session next Friday, a day earlier than planned.