The budget proposal released Monday is slightly more than the state’s current $91 billion spending plan. The budget proposal includes more than $600 million to raise the minimum salary for teachers to $47,500, which DeSantis said will boost the pay for more than 101,000 teachers. Her starting salary was $39,500 four years ago and now she earns $43,000. Currently, she says the starting salary for a teacher in Orange County is $40,000. You can’t retain teachers if there is not a progressive rise in your pay year to year.”The governor’s proposal also includes $75 million in grants to help make schools more secure.