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Florida will receive 1.3 billion federal dollars for education and Medicaid. Today the US House held a special session to pass a 26 billion dollar state aid bill aimed at saving jobs in cash-strapped states like Florida. 550 million dollars will go to save teaching jobs and hire back some teachers who lost their positions when budget cuts forced layoffs. Governor Charlie Crist hopes the money also helps create jobs.

“We need all the help we can get, especially in this economy, I mean it’s all about Jobs, Jobs, Jobs and what ever assistance we can get and get some of those Florida dollars back to Florida, we deserve to get,” said Crist.

The 780 million dollars for Medicaid will save the state budget and help free up money for other cash strapped programs. Nearly a third of the state budget is spent on Medicaid.