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2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

Capitol Buzz: Lawmakers search for $1 billion for education

By David DeCamp

Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau

TALLAHASSEE -- Here’s what we’re watching on Day 16 of the legislative session:

• School spending: House members go to work on the budget for kindergarten through high schools with Gov. Rick Scott seeking $1 billion more for next year.

• Prisons: Senators on the Budget Committee are scheduled to take a bill calling for prisons to be privatized.

• PIP: Gov. Rick Scott and CFO Jeff Atwater are scheduled to push for changes to the insurance law on personal injury protection.

• Judges: Senators discuss giving Scott more power to decide who serves on commissions nominating judges for appointment.

• Amendment: Senate members are due to discuss whether to rescind a ballot measure for later this year to reduce limits on non-homestead property.

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