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Senate adopts targeted funding for 'highly impacted' schools and advances school-finance amendment
Summary
The Senate amended and advanced education measures, approving a $4 million pilot for highly impacted schools (HB 172, amended from $5.2 million) and adopting an amendment to the school finance bill to add a future 1-mill guarantee increase for voted board leeway.
Senator Stevenson summarized House Bill 172 as a targeted funding package for 'highly impacted' schools, designed to provide additional classroom assistance — paraprofessionals, teacher aides and support staff — where concentrated needs impair student achievement. After floor discussion and a negotiated amendment, the appropriation figure in the amendment was reduced from $5.2 million to $4.0 million; Senator McAllister explained that $4.0 million was the maximum amount the executive and legislative negotiations could accommodate…
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