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Appropriations panel weighs K–12 budget changes including $38.5M transportation boost, proposed $2M cuts
Summary
Lawmakers and education officials reviewed proposed K–12 budget adjustments: a $38.5 million increase for pupil transportation and broad formula shifts, while some one-time programs face cuts such as a $2 million reduction to a character-education appropriation.
Lawmakers on the Appropriations Committee reviewed a series of proposed adjustments to the K–12 and early-childhood education budget, balancing large formula increases with cuts to one-time initiatives.
Officials told the committee the budget includes a roughly $38,500,000 increase to the pupil-transportation grant to help districts manage operational costs, and cited a separate substantial formula adjustment tied to a state health-benefit rate change that the department estimated at about $200,000,000.…
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