Ron DeSantis and the Legislature to more than double the nearly $1 billion the governor is proposing for teacher raises and bonuses. Rally organizers said as many as 10,000 demonstrators would descend on the Capitol on the eve of the official start of the 2020 legislative session. The popular Republican governor has made the raises a centerpiece in his $91.4 billion budget plan that also includes significant spending on environmental programs. A legislative committee is expected to begin taking up the governor’s school funding proposal in the afternoon. The $1 billion funding request already has drawn scrutiny from fiscally conservative members within his own party.

Source: thestar January 13, 2020 16:41 UTC