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Committee backs amendment to delay new school funding base and weights until Legislature acts
Summary
A legislative committee supported proposing an amendment that would prevent a new school funding base and weights from taking effect until the General Assembly affirmatively enacts them; members discussed timeline, uncertain fiscal impact and a nonbinding straw poll of support.
A legislative committee agreed to propose an amendment that would prevent a new school funding ‘‘base and weights’’ formula from taking effect until the General Assembly affirmatively votes to enact it.
The change was proposed as an amendment to a strike-all version of a bill the committee had been considering. Committee members said they wanted the requirement written into the bill so constituents would see it “in black and white.”
Committee members discussed the procedural language and timeline. One member said the committee had been told the legislature’s approval was “kind of implied,” but that the member…
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