Currents
October 2018
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Alaska $85,420; Nevada $57,210; South Dakota
$41,980; Texas $57,830; Washington $64,760;
Wyoming $59,780; New Hampshire $60,070; Ten-
nessee $51.390. Florida’s average high school
teacher salary is $51,800.
Common Core
The state-led effort to develop the Common Core
State Standards was launched in 2009 by state lead-
ers, including governors and state commissioners of
education from 48 states, two territories and the Dis-
trict of Columbia, through their
membership in the National Gov-
ernors Association Center for
Best Practices.
Positions
Mayor Gillum has not men-
tioned the Standards, but does
support Expanded Pre-K
Representative DeSantis is
against Core Standards and Pre-
K. He is against any national
standard for education and sup-
ports local control, no matter how
poor the district. Both support
technical and vocational training.
Economy
Representative DeSantis sup-
ports Amendment 5 (Requires 2/3
vote of legislature to impose or
increase tax or fee requiring a
Supermajority vote of the legisla-
ture to increase taxes or raise
revenue), which Currents sug-
gests voting against.
Mayor Gilliam would raise cor-
porate taxes to further fund edu-
cation. He also supports funding
education with legal marijuana
sales taxes.
Representative DeSantis has
not mentioned marijuana and he
does not have a plank for it on his
website, so one can presume his
position mirrors the party’s.
Environment
Both are against algae dis-
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