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Caucus members call for education fixes: teacher retirement, spending priorities and school funding
Summary
Caucus senators said education funding needs both more money and policy changes to improve outcomes; they flagged teachers' retirement gaps, the Base Student Allocation and school‑closure incentives as topics to address.
Senators in the Republican minority caucus said improving education outcomes will be a top priority and emphasized that the conversation must include both funding and policy changes.
Senator Kaufman said the teachers' retirement system has a gap created when some teachers opted out of Social Security, and the state needs to “look at that.” He also said rising costs require examining the Base Student Allocation (BSA) and other funding mechanisms.
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