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Committee tables bill to let school boards draw on Scepter account for overbase increases
Summary
House Bill 265, which would have directed increases to school districts' overbase budgets to be covered first from the School Equalization and Property Tax Relief (SCEPTER) account, was tabled after debate and a unanimous motion to table in committee.
The House Education Committee on executive action considered House Bill 265, sponsored by Representative Miskiewicz, which would alter school funding flows so that increases to a district's overbase general fund could be funded first from the school equalization and property tax relief account (referred to in committee as the SCEPTER account). Committee members discussed whether the amendment would reduce property-tax pressure and asked for clarification from the School…
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