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JFAC approves public-schools program-maintenance budget and consolidates student-support language
Summary
The committee approved the FY2026 public-schools program-maintenance appropriation and adopted language consolidating several student-support programs and definitions; the vote was unanimous.
The Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee on Jan. 17 approved the public-schools program-maintenance budget that will serve as the base for next year’s K‑12 appropriations and agreed language that consolidates student-support programs and standardizes terms used across the bill.
Key numbers: The committee set the public-school support program maintenance totals at $2,651,787,500 from the general fund and a total program amount of $3,166,965,700 (all fund types) as the FY2026 base. The motion to set those totals passed unanimously on a recorded roll call.
What changed and why: Deputy Division Manager Jared Tetrault and analysts told the committee the maintenance bill is smaller this year in part because the Legislature previously asked to consolidate multiple programs into a new Student Support Division; that consolidation…
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