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Senate debates bill to make charter-school funding follow students; measure moves to third reading
Summary
Senators debated Senate Bill 38, a bill implementing task force recommendations to equalize local replacement funding so that 25% of local levies follow charter students. Lawmakers clashed over local levy impacts and fiscal outliers; the Senate sent SB 38 to a third reading after a roll call.
Senators spent extensive floor time debating Senate Bill 38, a funding measure that would change how local replacement money follows charter-school students. Sponsor Senator Stevenson said the bill applies task force findings to address inequities in how local replacement funds were distributed and that 25% of local recreation levies should "follow the student" to charter schools to ensure equal treatment.
Opponents warned the…
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