claim: "we have the highest funding in (the) k-12 system in the history of the state."
author: rick scott
evidence_1: ten fact about k-12 education funding in the united states, and the role of ... the  primary source of federal k-12 support began in 1965 with the ... title i) and to  support children with disabilities ( individuals with disabilities ... in the history of  the united states, actual appropriations have rarely matched authorization levels.
evidence_2: mar 23, 2018 ... "for the sixth straight year, we have secured record funding for k-12 and state ...  scott's claim is at odds with democrats and state educators who say the ... the  board of governors, which oversees the state university system, offered ...  source: board of governors, state funding history for the sus.
evidence_3: nov 29, 2017 ... mission & history ... steep state-level k-12 spending cuts have serious  consequences: ... if we neglect our schools, we diminish our future. .... seven of  the 12 states with the biggest cuts in general school funding since 2008 .... by the  state government into the state's public school retirement systems on ...
evidence_4: most of the funding for k–12 education comes from the state. ... local control  funding formula (lcff), shifting from a complex system with more than 50  funding ...
evidence_5: apr 18, 2016 ... "we don't have a lot of the extra things that other districts may have, simply  because ... on it," says ben justice, a professor of education history at rutgers. ...  sumter tried to prove that the state's school funding system wasn't just unfair ....  for roughly 70 percent of the money states spend in their k-12 schools.