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Appropriations committee adopts Education budget with added special education and sparsity funding; preserves teacher stipends and library services
Summary
The Joint Committee on Appropriations approved the Department of Education FY26 motion sheet, including increased State Aid to Special Education, an increase to sparsity payments tied to Senate Bill 70, preservation of some National Board-certified teacher stipends, and a partial preservation of State Library funding.
The Joint Committee on Appropriations approved the Department of Education FY26 budget motion sheet after several targeted changes from the governor's recommendations. Representative Muckey moved the motion to set the department budgets; Senator Lapke seconded. The committee recorded the vote as 17 yeas and 1 excused.
Fiscal staff said the motion sheet included an updated increase to State Aid to Special Education based on revised child counts by disability level and an increase to sparsity payments that corresponds to Senate Bill 70, which would raise the maximum sparsity benefit; staff…
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