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House budget adds literacy coaches, school safety and new student-support program
Summary
Appropriations subcommittees moved K‑12 funding increases including 116 literacy coaches, $2.5 million for PSAT/AP tests, a $20 million mental-health grants program and $28 million for a poverty weight in formula funding; the education subcommittee approved the changes.
House appropriations subcommittee review documents advanced multiple additions to K‑12 education funding that the presenters said are intended to support literacy, student mental health, school safety and supplemental services outside the QBE formula.
The education presentation said the budget adds 116 school-based literacy coaches with $18,500,000 appropriated for the coaches; it also includes a $2,500,000 add to pay for PSAT and AP exam fees and a $500,000 add for STEM gamified software. The subcommittee approved the education section…
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