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Joint Budget Committee deadlocks 3-3 on pausing new K–12 funding formula trigger
Summary
The Joint Budget Committee debated whether a statutory trigger should pause the new K–12 school funding formula; a motion to find the trigger met failed 3–3 after legal staff and members disputed how the law should be applied.
The Joint Budget Committee debated and voted on whether to declare that a statutory financial "trigger" had been met that would pause the state's new K–12 funding formula (House Bill 1448). After extended legal explanation and discussion, a motion to determine the trigger had been met failed on a 3'to'3 vote.
The committee considered the statutory language that requires notification of legislative leaders and education officials if the trigger conditions are met and the resulting effect that the total program would be calculated under the old formula rather than the new formula. Ms. Ewell, a staff member who reviewed the legislation for the committee, summarized the notification requirements and the effect on total program calculations.
Members pressed staff and counsel about how the committee should cast a…
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