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Heated Senate debate ends with 'inexpedient to legislate' votes on major school‑funding bills
Summary
After hours of debate over a Superior Court ruling and funding sources, the Senate voted to find certain education‑funding bills inexpedient to legislate; senators argued over constitutional obligations, projected costs (hundreds of millions), and whether the legislature must follow the court's adequacy ruling.
The Senate held an extended, often contentious debate over several education funding bills, including Senate Bill 5 82 (which would raise the base cost of an adequate education toward a court‑identified minimum) and Senate Bill 5 84 (increasing state special‑education per‑pupil funding). Committee reports characterized the fiscal implications as substantial (committee estimates cited approximately $500–538 million for base adequacy and roughly $450 million for increased special‑education funding) and recommended that both measures be found "inexpedient to legislate."
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