Gov. Ron DeSantis’ budget, signed June 15, includes the Manatee County School District’s Guy Harvey Academy of Arts and Sciences, which is based at Anna Maria Elementary in Holmes Beach.
The academy, a partnership involving the district, the Guy Harvey Foundation and the state, launched for the 2022-23 school year.
State Sen. Jim Boyd requested $2 million in state money for 2023-24.
A copy of the online budget contained two allocations of $1 million each for the academy project.
The funding request said the money would be used for operational costs, including: “to upgrade and enhance the learning experience by providing outdoor learning laboratories since the elementary school sits directly on Tampa Bay and across the street from the Gulf of Mexico on Anna Maria Island.
In addition, funds will be used to expand the Academy as a career pathway to King Middle School and Manatee High School for workforce-ready programming in the marine sciences.”