Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing a $91.4 billion state budget for the fiscal year that begins in July.
The budget proposal released Monday is slightly more than the state’s current $91 billion spending plan.
The budget proposal includes more than $600 million to raise the minimum salary for teachers to $47,500, which DeSantis said will boost the pay for more than 101,000 teachers.
It also proposes $75 million in grants to help make schools more secure.
DeSantis also proposes creating 549 new state jobs, while eliminating 141 positions, nearly all of which are currently vacant.
The proposal is only a recommendation. The Legislature will approve a budget during the annual session that begins Jan. 14. DeSantis will then be able to veto individual items in the budget presented to him.
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