Committee pauses on legislation to extend state grants to non-public special-purpose schools over constitutional questions
A proposed draft to let certain non-public special-purpose schools receive state education grants drew extensive questions about the constitutionality of spending school foundation program money on non-public entities; members asked for an executive-branch study and formed follow-up workgroups on related issues.
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Committee members considered a draft bill to allow certain accredited non-public special-purpose schools (residential, therapeutic, court-placed programs) to access state grants normally administered to school districts, but LSO and legal staff warned that most of those grants are funded from the school foundation program and raising constitutional issues.
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