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School funding: executive recommends 2% per-student increases, reliance on foundation and common-schools trust funds explained
Summary
Legislative analysts told the Appropriations Committee the Burgum executive recommendation adds about $60 million to state school aid, centered on a 2% per-student payment increase in each year and continued reliance on the Foundation Aid Stabilization Fund and Common Schools Trust Fund.
Sheila Sandness, senior fiscal analyst with Legislative Council, briefed the Appropriations Committee on K–12 funding in the executive budget.
Sandness said the executive recommendation includes an increase to state school aid totaling about $60 million and recommends a 2% increase in the per-student payment rate in each year of the biennium. That would raise the integrated per-student payment rate to $11,293 in year one and $11,519 in year two of the next biennium, according to the executive book.
The Burgum recommendation offsets some general-fund cost through larger Foundation Aid Stabilization Fund and state tuition fund distributions. Sandness noted the executive…
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