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Ashland schools warned state funding share could fall to about one-third under governor's proposal
Summary
Superintendent Kyle Paramore told the Ashland City School District board that changes in the state funding formula proposed by the governor could reduce the state's share of school funding for districts statewide and for Ashland specifically, and urged residents and advocates to contact elected officials.
Superintendent Kyle Paramore warned the Ashland City School District Board of Education on Monday that the governor's proposed state budget could sharply reduce the share of public school funding the state provides to districts.
Paramore explained the state's funding formula and said the administration's proposal would phase down a fiscal-year-2021 funding guarantee, leaving the state's share of base funding for districts lower than in recent years. "With the new state budget update that the governor has proposed, they are phasing out that guarantee," Paramore said, adding that by fiscal 2027 the guarantee would be 90% of the FY2021 level.
He told the board the formula starts with a district's base cost per pupil, then adjusts for local…
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