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House passes $69.2 billion budget that helps charters, companies
Florida Politics | Posted: February 9, 2012 2:09 PM
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida House passed a $69.2 billion spending plan Thursday that boosts funding for classrooms, but also cuts payments to hospitals, steers school construction dollars to charters, and relies on higher tuition rates for college students.
With a month left in the lawmaking session, the House budget that passed largely along party lines remains out of sync with the Senate’s spending priorities on a few major issues – such as health-care and environmental spending.
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