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Senate Education Committee advances adequacy funding bill that raises school funding 2.8% in first year
Summary
Representative Brian Evans told the Senate Education Committee that House Bill 1688 would provide a 2.8% overall adequacy funding increase in the first year, including a 1.8% COLA and new per-student allotments for classified staff and health insurance; lawmakers pressed him on whether the increase keeps pace with inflation and expressed concern for support staff pay.
Representative Brian Evans, House District 68, presented House Bill 1688 on the Senate Education Committee floor as the state’s adequacy funding bill for public schools. Evans said the bill includes a 1.8% cost‑of‑living adjustment in the first year and 2.17% in the second year, adds $44 per average daily membership for a classified‑staff salary enhancement, and provides $30 per student for health insurance. He said categorical increases include funding for alternative learning environments (ALE) and English language learners (ELL), and the bill…
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