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Committee hears sponsor: updating 21-year-old bus reimbursement rates would shift about $16 million into pupil transportation and lower district property levies
Summary
Rep. Mark Thain told the Appropriations Committee that House Bill 405 raises state reimbursement rates for pupil transportation for the first time since 2004. He and proponents said the change would add roughly $8 million in state funds, compel $8 million in county permissive mills and reduce district property tax levies by about $8 million.
House Bill 405 seeks to raise on-schedule reimbursement rates for pupil transportation (referenced in testimony as the rates in 20-10-141) for the first time in roughly 21 years. Sponsor Mark Thain told the House Appropriations Committee that the state contribution to pupil transportation has not increased since 2004 while diesel and other costs have risen substantially.
Thain said implementing the bill’s new rates would require roughly $8 million in additional state funding and would compel approximately $8 million in county-level permissive mills, producing an aggregate infusion of about $16 million into pupil transportation. The sponsor said the net effect would be about an $8 million reduction in property taxes at…
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