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Committee advances bill to create weighted per‑student funding for K–12 discretionary dollars
Summary
Senate Bill 1096 would move a portion of K–12 discretionary funding into a weighted per‑student distribution that adds funding factors for economically disadvantaged students, English learners, special education, small schools, gifted/talented and at‑risk students; the committee approved the bill with a two‑year hold‑harmless for districts.
The Senate Education Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1096 to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation after sponsor Senator Woodward outlined a proposal to change how Idaho distributes discretionary K–12 funds.
Woodward said the bill creates a "weighted per student funding formula" for the discretionary portion of public‑school support. Under the proposal, a district's base amount (calculated by average daily attendance) would be adjusted by weights for student characteristics: economically disadvantaged students, English language learners, students receiving special education services, small‑school factors, gifted and talented, and at‑risk or alternative‑school students. "A student can have more than one of these…
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