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Committee advances proposal to shift K‑12 discretionary dollars to weighted per‑student formula
Summary
Senate Bill 10 96 would begin converting several discretionary K‑12 line items into a weighted per‑student funding model that adds weights for economically disadvantaged students, English learners, special education, small schools, gifted students and at‑risk alternative school students; the committee forwarded the bill with a due‑pass vote.
The Senate Education Committee voted to send Senate Bill 10 96 to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation after sponsor Senator Woodward described a multi‑year plan to convert portions of the K‑12 public school budget into a weighted per‑student discretionary distribution.
"What we'd like to do is distribute discretionary funds based on student attributes," Senator Woodward said, describing a definition section that adds weights for economically disadvantaged students, English language learners, special education students, small schools, gifted and talented students and at‑risk students in alternative settings. He said the bill moves a portion of existing statutory program dollars into a discretionary pool that would be distributed using those weights.
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