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Appropriations committee reviews DPI budget; superintendent requests $6 million to cover school-approval contract, flags formula and ESAs
Summary
The House Appropriations — Education and Environment Division on Jan. 5 reviewed the Department of Public Instruction’s budget and heard Superintendent Baszler request a material increase for the state school‑approval continuous improvement contract while flagging possible changes to the integrated funding formula and noting that any Education Savings Account proposals should be handled as separate bills.
The House Appropriations — Education and Environment Division on Jan. 5 considered the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) budget, with Superintendent Baszler urging the committee to add money to the state contract that supports the school-approval continuous improvement process and discussing multiple large formula and grant items that could change K‑12 funding this session.
Baszler told the committee the long-running contract now billed in some materials as an “accreditation” contract is correctly described as a school-approval continuous improvement contract and asked the committee to fund it centrally so districts do not have to shoulder the costs. “Accreditation is very, very different,” Baszler said, and the state should pay the contract rather than effectively clawing funds back from districts.
Baszler described a proposed increase she said would bring the contract funding to a level…
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