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Senate education members press Bureau of Legislative Research on formula behind proposed enhanced transportation allotments
Summary
Senators questioned BLR and Department of Education staff about how a complex formula distributes a limited $8 million per year enhanced transportation fund; the committee did not approve SB 425.
Senate Bill 425, introduced by Senator Jane English, would set enhanced transportation allotments for school districts for the upcoming biennium. Committee members spent more than an hour questioning staff from the Bureau of Legislative Research (BLR) and the Department of Education about the mechanics and transparency of the formula that determines which districts receive additional funding.
What the bill would do: SB 425 would list per-district enhanced transportation amounts and set the total enhanced transportation appropriation at $8 million per year (an $8 million pot for each year of the biennium). That pot is separate from transportation funding included in the foundation matrix and other categorical funds.
Key points from testimony: Julie Holt (BLR) explained the enhanced transportation calculation…
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