What happened to the lottery money?
Voters approved the lottery based on the promise that its revenues would supplement existing education funding. In reality, revenues from the lottery have simply replaced other revenues that schools received from the state in pre-lottery years. The state has also put many limits on the use of lottery dollars. Even if districts had complete flexibility, lottery revenues are actually very small compared to the overall education budget-they represent about 1.8% of Florida’s total public school operating budget.
