"The issue is schools, which Tallahassee politicians have long treated a lot like a hemorrhoid -- an annoyance they were forced to address more than anything they actually cared about. And the latest news has them unsure whether they have the money to fulfill the class-size promises voters put into the constitution back in 2002. Silly me, I thought the constitution was a pretty firm document. I thought that when voters tried to force our cheapskate legislators to finally start spending decent money on public education, they were quite clear in their constitutional demands -- no more than 25 students in ninth-grade classes, for instance, or 18 in kindergarten. But legislators have since started talking about all kinds of ways to weasel out of it -- everything from rewriting the definition of what constitutes "class size" to waging a slick campaign designed to con voters into changing their minds. And hey, if they're going to ignore the constitutional amendment on class-size, it only seems fair for everybody else in Florida to ignore the amendments they don't like as well -- whether it's the gay-marriage ban, eminent-domain rules or the prohibition on mistreating pregnant pigs. The real problem is that we live in a state run by people who simply don't care for public education."
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Florida's schools: Shortchanged?

As lawmakers weigh whether to fulfill the class-size amendment mandated by voters in 2002, Scott Maxwell says shortchanging Florida's schools has been a reality for far too long.

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