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Provisos roundup: committee adopts, deletes and carries over a mix of House amendments including school safety funding and teacher-supply rules
Summary
At its session, the subcommittee approved technical staff authority, adopted several House changes, deleted others and carried over items requiring more information; notable actions included deletion of an ESSER-related proviso, amendment language for school safety funding, and adoption of teacher supply tax-treatment language.
The Senate Education Provisos Subcommittee took multiple procedural and substantive actions on House-proposed budget provisos during its meeting.
Key formal actions and outcomes
- Staff authority for technical edits: The committee approved a motion authorizing staff to make technical changes to proviso language to conform with actions taken by the subcommittee (approved by voice vote).
- Teacher supply reimbursement: The subcommittee adopted House language directing that the $400 teacher supply reimbursement is not to be reported as income on W-2 forms and that districts may not withhold the supply check for tax purposes.
- ESSER-related proviso deleted: A proviso related to ESSER funds (Proviso 1.74) that had been put in a previous year was deleted by House action; the subcommittee noted the deletion.
- School safety funding proviso amended: The House amended the school-safety proviso (Proviso 1.77) to specify that funding is for security assessments and facility upgrades and moved the award date to Dec. 31; the House also appropriated $20,000,000 nonrecurring EIA for that purpose. The committee noted that line items will be reflected in the final spreadsheet and that amounts may change when conforming to funding.
- Strategic compensation pilot wording changed: The subcommittee adopted House edits to a strategic compensation pilot proviso by replacing the term “grant” with “pilot” in several places and adopting amendments as presented by the department.
- District accounting-systems proviso reinstatement request: The House had deleted a proviso (district accounting systems and best practices) that staff and school business officials asked to reinsert; committee members moved to reinstate the proviso and extend its expiration to May 2026 and adopted that change.
- First Steps division proviso deleted: The House deleted the proviso that created a separate First Steps division; the subcommittee adopted the deletion.
- Provisos carried over: Multiple items were carried over for more information, including the teacher‑transformation pilot proviso, a proviso on standardized benchmark assessments and other items where members wanted additional data or legal review.
Why it matters: Several of these actions affect how state and EIA funds are allocated (for example, school safety and teacher supply), shape pilot programs and set reporting or programmatic requirements for state agencies and local districts.
Next steps: Committee staff will conform proviso text to the final funding spreadsheet, prepare requested clarifications or exclusions (for example, excluding end-of-course exams where requested), and return items carried over at the committee’s next meeting scheduled for 10 a.m. the following day.
