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JFAC advances school funding trailers: continuous facilities fund, $330M cash transfer, and $5M literacy intervention
Summary
Committee approved trailer actions tied to school funding: making the school district facilities fund continuously appropriated, a $330 million cash transfer into the public school income fund, and a $5 million literacy intervention for grades K–3, among other related actions.
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee advanced multiple trailer appropriations and policy‑linked budget actions affecting public schools.
Analyst Jared Tetrault explained that House Bill 304 makes the established school district facilities fund continuously appropriated so those dollars can be distributed to districts in August; monies may be used first for paying outstanding bonds, then for supplemental levies, plant facility levies, reserves or maintenance. Committee members asked how the continuous appropriation differs from a…
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