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Committee narrowly approves school spending-growth cap in HB 675 after heated debate
Summary
The committee adopted an amendment and reported HB 675 OTPA; the measure would cap school district spending growth based on a five-year average and other adjustments. The vote was 10–8 and the measure drew concern that it would lock in funding disparities and shift burdens related to special-education costs.
After extended debate the House Education Committee adopted an amendment to HB 675 that narrows the bill to a single major change: a cap on school-district spending growth tied to a five-year average appropriation adjusted for ADM and inflation smoothing.
Representative McGuire, who moved the amendment (the committee label 2025-0548H), framed the proposal as a response to rapidly rising local property taxes linked to school spending. “There’s very little correlation between performance and…
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