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House Appropriations Committee to restore $18.5 million for universal school meals in FY26 budget language
Summary
Members of the House Appropriations Committee agreed during a March 21 meeting to put language back into the committee budget to fund universal school meals, after staff explained that the yield bill’s modeling assumes the program is included in the Education Fund and in property-tax calculations.
House Appropriations Committee members said March 21 they will add language to the committee budget to include $18.5 million for universal school meals in fiscal 2026, after staff from the Joint Fiscal Office explained how the yield bill models the Education Fund.
Committee members heard from Julie Richter of the Joint Fiscal Office, who summarized that the yield bill sets property-tax yields by calculating Education Fund needs: “The yield bill doesn’t appropriate the education fund programs and appropriations. The yield bill is really the purpose of filling the…
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