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Joint Budget Committee deadlocks 3-3 on pausing new K‑12 funding formula; trigger motion fails
Summary
After several hours of debate the Joint Budget Committee voted 3‑3 against a motion that would have declared the statutory “trigger” for pausing the new K‑12 funding formula had been met, meaning the committee did not invoke the pause.
The Joint Budget Committee voted 3‑3 Tuesday on a motion to declare the trigger in House Bill 24 1448 met, a vote the committee’s chair announced as a failure that keeps the new K‑12 funding formula in place for now.
The committee’s lawyer, Andrea Ewell of Legislative Council Services, summarized the statute before the vote. “The legislation says that, basically, in the event that the Joint Budget Committee finds that 1 of the conditions to pause the formula occurred, the Joint Budget Committee shall promptly notify the speaker of the house, the president of the senate, the minority leaders of the House of…
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