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Committee adopts substitute to count fringe benefits in SEEK calculations
Summary
Senate Bill 6, which revises what state-funded education costs are counted in the SEEK (Support Education Excellence in Kentucky) formula, advanced from committee after adoption of a committee substitute clarifying that fringe benefit costs funded by the state are education-related expenses.
The Senate Standing Committee on Education adopted a committee substitute and advanced Senate Bill 6, which clarifies how the state counts certain fringe benefit expenditures when calculating state funding under the SEEK program (Support Education Excellence in Kentucky).
Sponsor State Senator Givens told the committee the bill aims to clarify what the Commonwealth considers education-related costs — specifically, that state-funded fringe benefits paid on behalf of districts (including pension and insurance contributions funded by the state) should be counted in the SEEK calculation. “This language basically says, we’re…
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