Tallahassee, FL, USA. Florida voters elected conservatives on Tuesday, but they also upheld a constitutional amendment that could force the state to spend billions more on public education. Ever since the state's voters approved an initiative in 2002 to limit school class sizes, Florida and its school districts have scurried to hire thousands of new teachers and build thousands of new classrooms.

What have the billions of dollars in spending produced for Florida's school children? Don Gaetz, a state senator and former school superintendent, says the answer is nothing.

"The taxpayers of Florida have spent $16 billion in complying with the class-size mandate," he says. "There is no evidence that this $16 billion produced any results in improving student performance." That’s one man’s opinion. The Florida voters don’t exactly agree. On Tuesday, they rejected Amendment 8, a ballot measure that would have eased up on the class size rules.