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Gates Chili budget planners outline potential 16% boost from proposed changes to foundation aid
Summary
District budget staff described possible major increases in state foundation aid under the governor's proposal and the Rockefeller study recommendations — including use of SAIPE poverty estimates — and said the district will prepare two budgets depending on final state action.
District budget staff updated the Gates Chili Board of Education Jan. 28 on revenue planning for next fiscal year, highlighting a governor's executive proposal and a Rockefeller study recommendation that together could substantially increase the district's foundation aid.
The presenter said the Rockefeller study recommends replacing the census‑based poverty metric used in the foundation aid formula with the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimate (SAIPE) produced annually by the U.S. Census Bureau. Staff said the current calculation still uses outdated census poverty data and…
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