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LSO presents K‑12 budget overview: attendance, support units and funding mechanics explained
Summary
Legislative Services Office deputy Jared Tatro briefed the House Committee on Education on enrollment vs. average daily attendance, the support‑unit funding system, major funds (general, dedicated, federal), and pending enhancement proposals including a potential weighted student formula and transportation rewrite.
Jared Tatro, deputy division manager for the Legislative Services Office's Budget and Policy Analysis Division, provided the House Committee on Education an overview of K‑12 funding mechanics and current budget issues on Feb. 13.
Tatro told members the state uses average daily attendance (ADA) and support units—statutory constructs that translate attendance into funding—to allocate most public school dollars. He said midterm average daily attendance for February payments was roughly 295,400 (about 94% of estimated enrollment of 314,100) and that support‑unit counts and the divisor tables determine how many classroom equivalents the state funds. "Support units are how public schools are funded today," he said, and described a support unit as roughly the equivalent of a…
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