Scott last spring signed a budget that cuts spending on schools by $ 1.3 billion. But in a series of meetings with parents across the country, he said they were convinced favored more money for school, and in an election year, the emphasis on education is likely to be well received by the voters.
In his address to the legislature dominated by Republicans, Scott claims that in the past year, the country saw 135,000 new jobs the private sector and a drop in unemployment among the State’s second largest (2 percent). He celebrated the census figures show that Florida grows more than 250,000 people over the past 15 months.