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Governor’s school-aid proposal would boost per-pupil funding and shift $1.4B into a weighted pupil formula
Summary
The governor’s recommendation would raise the foundation allowance 2.5% (from $10,050 to $10,300) and move $1.4 billion from at-risk and ELL lines into a new weighted pupil membership, increasing district flexibility while retaining many targeted literacy investments.
Noel/Noelle Benson, a House Fiscal Agency school-aid analyst, told the House Appropriations Committee the governor’s school-aid proposal raises overall school-aid spending versus the FY26 budget and restructures how at-risk and English-language-learner funding is delivered.
"The governor's proposal includes a 2.5% increase to the per pupil foundation allowance," Benson said, noting the allowance would rise from $10,050 to $10,300, at a cost of about $325 million. The proposal would reduce cyber school foundation allowances…
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