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Panel hears HB 773 to set 85% floor on catastrophic (special education) aid proration
Summary
Rep. Rick Ladd introduced HB 773 to require the Department of Education to distribute at least 85% of districts' catastrophic (special-education) aid entitlements when statewide appropriations fall short; sponsors said the change would limit harmful year-to-year volatility to district budgets.
Representative Rick Ladd introduced House Bill 773 to address repeated proration of catastrophic (special education) aid when actual appropriations fall short of need. Current statute allows the Department of Education to prorate distributions when the appropriation does not cover district-entitlement claims; HB 773 would require distributions of no less than 85% of each district's entitlement as the minimum proration floor.
Ladd told the committee that districts have faced deep proration in some years (this year, the committee…
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