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House rejects bill to direct excess lottery revenue to schools after amendment battle
Summary
Lawmakers debated House Bill 373, a proposal to allocate excess lottery revenue to school districts through a per‑quality educator formula. A floor amendment that would have split funds between innovation programs and property‑tax relief passed, but the amended bill failed second reading, 44‑56.
House Bill 373, which sought to redirect excess state lottery revenue to school districts via a formula tied to quality educator payments, was the subject of an extended floor debate and amendment on March 12.
Sponsor Representative Matthews opened by recounting the history of the state lottery and said the bill would direct leftover lottery revenue, after STEM grants and administrative costs, into a flexibility fund distributed to districts using the same formula as quality educator payments. “This money would go to a flexibility fund for the school…
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