Signed by Governor Ron DeSantis

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report that establishes the general appropriations for the 2022 fiscal year.

Highlights:

• Appropriates $112,071,034,002 in overall general appropriations for the 2022-2023 fiscal year (Pg. 514).

• Requires public school districts to pay each employee at least $15 per hour by October 1, 2022 (Sec. 2, Pg. 23).

• Appropriates $250,000,000 for funding public school teacher salary increases (Sec. 2, pg. 24).

• Appropriates $29,268,379,223 in overall education funding (Sec. 2, Pg. 56).

• Appropriates $10,657,601,000 in grants and aid to local governments for the Florida Educational Finance Program in public K-12 schools (Secs. 1 & 2, Pgs. 3 & 23).

• Increases funding per student, including for state examination fees (Secs. 1 & 2).

• Appropriates $2,896,071,526 to support class size reduction in K-12 public schools (Secs. 1 & 2, Pgs. 4 & 26).

• Specifies $2,296,233,809 in federal grants for K-12 programs (Sec. 2, Pg. 35).

• Appropriates $620,881,057 to the Office of Student Financial Services to pay for scholarships, and appropriates $103,492,701 for the Florida Student Assistance Grant during the 2022-23 fiscal year (Sec. 1, pg. 3).

• Appropriates $4,000,000 in assistance to low performing schools (Sec. 2, Pg. 27).

• Appropriates $585,676,517 for funding workforce education programs in public school districts (Secs. 1 & 2, Pgs. 4 & 39).

• Appropriates $7,166,448,478 in grants and aid to state colleges and universities (Secs. 1 & 2, Pgs. 4, 5, 44 & 54).

• Appropriates $37,287,755 for salaries and benefits for vocational rehabilitation services (Sec. 2, Pg. 9).

• Appropriates $57,958,402 to the Division of the Blind (Sec. 2, Pg. 13).

• Appropriates $1,723,751,250 for early learning services (Sec. 2, Pg. 23).

• Appropriates $38,612,480,698 to the Agency for Healthcare Administration, including for Medicaid services (Sec. 3, Pg. 79).

• Appropriates $2,147,169,704 to the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (Sec. 3, Pg. 87).

• Appropriates $4,201,146,492 to the Department of Children and Families (Sec. 3, Pg. 110).

• Appropriates $349,909,502 to the Department of Elder Affairs (Sec. 3, Pg. 117).

• Appropriates $3,426,406,252 to the Department of Health (Sec. 3, Pg. 138).

• Appropriates $172,434,223 to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (Sec. 3, Pg. 142).

• Appropriates $6,257,148,587 for criminal justice and corrections departments, agencies, and commissions (Sec. 4, Pg. 242).

• Appropriates $1,466,044 for creation of positions to investigate election fraud allegations within the Department of Law Enforcement (Sec. 4, Pg. 222).

• Requires the Department of Law Enforcement to investigate all use of force cases that result in the death of an inmate (Sec. 4, Pg. 222).

• Appropriates $19,367,675,517 for natural resources, environmental, and transportation related departments and services, including $12,734,967,809 for the Department of Transportation (Sec. 5, Pg. 329).

• Appropriates $7,565,508,833 for all remaining government departments, including but not limited to the Legislative Branch, the Executive Office of the Governor, the Department of Economic Opportunity, the Department of Financial Services, the Department of Military Affairs, and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (Sec. 6).

• Appropriates $702,774,972 to the Judicial Branch (Sec. 7).

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