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Committee approves technical correction to public schools health-insurance allocation
Summary
The Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee granted unanimous consent to correct the per‑support‑unit health‑insurance amount for public schools to $21,902 so the Department of Education can distribute funds properly.
The Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee on Feb. 12 unanimously approved a technical correction to the public‑schools program maintenance bill to set the per‑support‑unit health‑insurance distribution at $21,902.
The correction was introduced by Jared Tatro, deputy division manager, Legislative Services — Budget and Policy Analysis Division. For the record, Tatro said the committee already approved the overall funding language but that public schools receive a dollar amount “per support unit,” not per full‑time position. He said, “The motion and the correction before you will say to provide $21,902 in that maintenance bill for distributions.”
Committee leadership sought unanimous consent to add the corrected dollar figure to the bill. No member objected; the chair stated the request was agreed to and thanked Tatro for catching the discrepancy. The committee did not debate alternative figures or take a roll‑call vote on the correction because it passed by unanimous consent.
Why it matters: the clarification specifies the dollar amount that the Department of Education must use to calculate health‑insurance distributions to school support units. Committee staff said the language must appear in the bill so the department knows the per‑unit allocation to distribute to local districts.
No additional technical changes to the bill were recorded during the hearing and staff said they would be available to answer follow‑up questions if needed.
