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House passes education finance bill with indexing, compensatory task force and contested unemployment provision
Summary
House passage of House File 2433 provides targeted spending priorities, links the general education formula to inflation, creates a compensatory-revenue task force and includes a repeal date for unemployment insurance eligibility for some hourly school workers that drove floor opposition.
The House passed House File 2433 on May 16 by a 93–41 margin, a multi-part education finance bill that links general education formula growth to inflation, creates a task force to review compensatory revenue, and adjusts several grants and program funding streams.
Lawmakers described the measure as a compromise crafted under a constrained revenue target: an initial allocation aimed at supporting early-literacy investments (the READ Act) and basic supplemental aid to give districts more flexible resources. The bill includes funding for Math…
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