The state is handing out $122 million this year to 2,103 schools with A and/or improving grades, a fall ritual that began under former Gov. Jeb Bush and continues under Gov. Charlie Crist. (Crist is visiting a Tampa school today to tout the program ... see post below). You can see which schools got how much in “school recognition” money here.

School advisory councils determine what to do with the money. Many choose to convert it into modest bonuses for teachers. Here are the totals for districts around Tampa Bay:

Hernando: $872,805
Hillsborough: $8,195,408
Pasco: $3,109,947
Pinellas: $3,796,279

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