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PolitiFact Florida has compiled promises that Rick Scott made during the 2010 and 2014 campaigns and is tracking their progress on our Scott-O-Meter.

We rate their status as Not Yet Rated, In the Works or Stalled. Once we find action is completed, we rate them Promise Kept, Compromise or Promise Broken. (See our About the Scott-O-Meter page for details on our ratings.)

The report card above provides an up-to-the-minute tally of all the promises.

Promise Kept

48%

Compromise

19%

Promise Broken

31%

Stalled

0%

In the Works

0%

Top 0 Promises

Latest Scott-O-Meter Promises

Veto pork-barrel spending

Pay competitive market-based salaries for corrections staff

Create a program for $10,000 STEM degrees

More funding for springs restoration and alternative water supply programs

Will fight to repeal federal health care law

Reform PSC for more energy production

Invest in the Florida Innovation Fund

Reform Citizens Insurance to consistently operate on actuarially sound rates

Reform Medicaid with a federal waiver

Issue an executive order for springs improvement

Make Florida No. 1 in higher education affordability

Be No. 1 in nation for student performance in reading and math

Spend $25 billion on roads over five years to ease congestion

Be No. 1 in high school graduation rates

Grow Florida's economy by $74B in GDP, $41B in personal income, and $1B in tax revenues

Double funding for programs to expand Florida businesses

Double investment in digital learning initiatives

Eliminate Florida's corporate income tax over 7 years

Be in the Top 10 and Top 25 ranked public universities

Expand school options for parents

Phase out the state sales tax on commercial leases

Create over 700,000 jobs

Increase school security spending

Propose an amendment to curb property tax increases

Investigate every standardized test

Create a $2 million state park improvement grant to win a fourth national gold medal

Require drug screening for welfare recipients

Enact tougher penalties for violating environmental regulations

Raise per-pupil education spending to an all-time high

Eliminate the state's manufacturing tax

Reduce the state's communications services sales tax

Expand use of nuclear power and alternative fuels

Reduce the state's workforce by 5 percent

Support university-private partnerships

Bring state employee health insurance costs in line with the U.S. average

Use inmate labor to grow prison food

Include universities in state economic development grants

Reduce property tax by another 1 mill over next 7 years

Will fight immigration amnesty

Reduce prisoner costs by $1 billion

Will oppose and veto any tax increases

Put grant-writing and regulatory specialists in local economic development offices

Lower workers' compensation costs by 35 percent

More stringent standards on work requirements for welfare

Protect doctors working for the state Department of Health from litigation

Preserve Florida Resident Access Grants

Enact tort reform

Explore expansion of domestic drilling in a safe, environmentally sound way

Ban embryonic stem cell research

Lower electricity costs for business

Adopt the Daubert standard on scientific knowledge

Return Florida's state and local spending to at least the 2004 level

Institute Accountability Budgeting for each state agency

Align state employee pension contributions with other states

Bring Arizona's immigration law to Florida

Require all Florida employers to use E-Verify system

Refuse temporary federal funds that create permanent spending

No budget gimmicks, one-time revenues, borrowed funds, temporary funds or tax increases

Propose biennial budgets and give the public time to participate

Lower unemployment costs for employers

Create "knowledge center " for teaching

Provide parents with annual financial reports on schools

Eliminate overlapping economic development agencies

Ensure that voluntary pre-K program includes private or faith-based providers

Use competitive bids on health care contracts in prisons

Reduce insurance fraud involving sinkholes

New classification for charter schools

Provide legal protection for first-responders

Authorize virtual charter schools as an option

Include use of technology in teacher evaluations

Eliminate tenure for new teachers

Pay teachers based on performance (merit pay)

Sell the state plane

Reduce property tax (Required Local Effort) by 1 mill

Freeze all regulations

Will not take the $130,000 governor's salary