Teacher pay and fiscal discipline. Those are two of the top priorities from leading Republicans as state lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis prepare to spend more than $90 billion in the next fiscal year beginning in July. Over $30 billion of that is collected from state taxes and fees. "This coming legislative session really needs to be the year of the teacher," DeSantis told reporters in the Capitol late last month. Florida lawmakers have their backs to the wind as they begin work on a new state