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Committee approves amendment allowing interim committees to include calculated increases in base aid
Summary
House Bill 266, which revises how the present-law base for school funding may be adjusted, was amended to make inclusion 'may' rather than mandatory and advanced to the House floor after a roll-call vote of 15-0 in committee.
The House Education Committee on executive action approved House Bill 266 as amended. Committee staff described the amendment as providing that a calculated amount "could be included in the present law base" only if adopted by motion of two interim committees — the interim education budget committee and the education interim committee — changing a mandatory inclusion to discretionary language.
Laura, committee staff, summarized that the amendment would allow that "the present law base may be increased by a calculated amount by motion of the 2 specific interim committees," and clarified the two committees named. Representative Romano observed that the change alters language from 'must' to 'may,' and several members urged support because it provides reporting and committee-level review. The committee took a roll-call vote on the amended bill; the transcript records a 15-0 roll-call in favor and the committee advanced the bill to the floor.
Committee discussion repeatedly framed the amendment as adding an accountability step: the interim committees would receive calculations and could adopt motions to include differences in the next calculation of the present-law base. The transcript does not show public testimony on the measure during executive action.
The committee moved House Bill 266 as once amended to the House floor by roll call (15 yes, 0 no as recorded in the transcript).
