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Lottery Largesse For Schools Taking A $46.9 Million Hit
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Published: April 10, 2008
TALLAHASSEE - Not as many people are playing scratch-off and Lotto numbers games.
That means lottery income, which typically provides 5 percent of the funding for Florida's public education system, won't be as much as lawmakers thought when they first crafted the state budget.
Lottery revenue estimators met Wednesday, and they expect that there will be a dip of $46.9 million in the lottery education kitty, said Jackie Barreiros, lottery public affairs director.
Lawmakers had planned on about $400 million to help fund prekindergarten through 12th grade education and more than $60 million for the state university and college system.
Nicola M. White
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Posted by ( Quagmire ) on April 10, 2008 at 1:34 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
You can look to gas prices for the drop in lottery sales.
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Posted by ( JackNelsonSteward ) on April 10, 2008 at 9:33 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Yeah, well, see, the lottery was supposed to be a "supplement" for the schools, which were to be fully funded and then the lottery money was a "bonus."
That's the way the whole thing was sold to the state back when it was up for vote.
Remember?
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