TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s public schools would get a $650.6 million increase in 2016-17, about a 3 percent bump over the current state budget, under a proposal state Sen. Don Gaetz released Tuesday.
A former Senate president who chairs the chamber’s education appropriations subcommittee, Gaetz called his $20.3 billion proposal “historic” and “hefty.” The proposal would increase per-student funding from $7,107 to $7,249.
Gaetz said he wasn’t sure yet how much of the increase would be paid for with increased revenue from local property taxes.
