Senate advances School Finance Act, raises statewide base per pupil and total program funding
Senators adopted SB23, the School Finance Act, increasing the statewide base per pupil by $217.30 to $8,909.10 for the 2627 budget year and setting total program funding at $10,209,589,888; sponsors framed the change as fully funding constitutional obligations.
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Senators moved and adopted Senate Bill 23, the School Finance Act. Senator Kirkmeyer summarized the bill—s major figures on the floor: "it increases the statewide base per pupil funding for the 2627 budget year by $217.30" and "it sets a new statewide base per pupil funding amount for the 2627 budget year at $8,909.10," adding that the total program funding was set at $10,209,589,888.
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