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Representative Kozart outlines student‑based funding proposal modeled on Tennessee’s TISA, seeks committee review of base and weights
Summary
Representative Bruce Kozart presented a draft student‑based funding model that would move Arkansas to current‑year ADM, a base per‑student amount, student weights for needs (ED, EL, five special‑education tiers, dyslexia, gifted, sparsity) and outcome‑based incentives; committee oversight of base and weights would be part of the adequacy study.
Representative Bruce Kozart presented the committee with a draft framework for a redesigned K–12 funding model called the ‘Comprehensive Investment in Student Achievement,’ modeled on Tennessee’s TISA approach.
Under the proposal, funding would shift from prior‑year ADM to current‑year ADM and move toward a single per‑student funding stream composed of: a base per‑student amount to cover core needs; student weights that add percentage increments of the base to address additional needs (economically…
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