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Senate approves K‑12 supplemental funding and boosts CHIP funding from tobacco settlement
Summary
The Senate adopted a supplemental education measure boosting the weighted pupil unit and approved use of non‑lapsing funds for adult education; separately, it approved a transfer of $3.3 million from the tobacco settlement to expand the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
The Senate took up several education and health funding measures. Senator Stevenson presented House Bill 382, a supplemental minimum school program finance act that increases the weighted pupil unit by 4.5 percent, raises classroom supply money, and grants an extra $50 to first‑year teachers on steps 1–3. Senator Hale successfully moved an amendment (by…
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