In a letter to the school district, Pam Kancher, executive director of the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida, offered the free training to district teachers and students. The center’s program uses lessons from the Holocaust to advocate against bullying and already has been used in Orange, Seminole and Osceola schools.

Despite its past growth and recent economic misery, Florida receives one of the lowest rates of federal aid per person among the states for roadwork, health care, schools and other needs.

Florida received $1,475 of federal spending per resident in fiscal year 2010, ranking 48th in the nation, according to a Census Bureau report released this month on “Federal Aid to States.”

In Central Florida and much of the state, however, only a small portion of schools have registered nurses.  Some have licensed practical nurses, who have less training and a lower pay rate. Many have no nurses at all, instead relying on health assistants or even secretaries or assistant principals who give out Tylenol.  According to the National Association of School Nurses, Florida’s student-to-nurse ratio ranks 48th out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Gov. Rick Scott has yet to formally roll out his 2012 legislative agenda, but documents from his office show that the first-term governor is looking at bills to abolish personal injury protection insurance, reform immigration laws, spend a dedicated amount of money in the classroom — and maybe give raises to state employees.

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