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House debate centers on plan to tie school capital outlay fund to enrollment; sponsor says fund 'has not kept up'
Summary
Representative David Cox urged a change to the capital outlay foundation to grow with enrollment and inflation; members raised concerns that the change shifts operational money and may not fairly equalize districts. Debate continued after a successful call of the previous question.
Representative David Cox, sponsor of the Public Education Capital Outlay Act, told the House the state has not adjusted the capital outlay foundation for decades and proposed tying it to enrollment so it grows with student numbers and inflation.
"We have not kept up in that fund at all," Cox said, urging a structural change he said would protect the fund and ultimately increase capital outlay to support school construction and repairs.
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