By Jeremy Wallace
TALLAHASSEE - State Sen. Nancy Detert, whose first elected position was to the Sarasota School Board, has made trying to improve Florida's schools -- which in some categories have long ranked among the worst in the nation -- the focus of her political career.
State Sen. Nancy Detert leads the Senate Education Committee.
Now, as Detert ascends to the head of the Senate Education Committee, she and other legislators are charged with cutting many of the programs the state has struggled to improve in recent years. The choices became painfully apparent Wednesday as Senate and House members met for talks on how to deal with Florida's historic budget shortfall.
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