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Committee votes to draft bill to raise ECS foundation; members urge CPI indexing and confirm state funding
Summary
The committee voted to draft a bill to raise the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) foundation and discussed ensuring the increase comes from state funds and the possibility of tying future adjustments to the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Senator McCourt called the measure a caucus priority.
The committee voted to draft agenda item 5 to raise the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) foundation, with members emphasizing that any increase would rely on state funding and suggesting indexing the foundation to the Consumer Price Index to avoid yearly legislative fixes.
Representative Haines asked whether the additional funding would come from the state rather than falling to municipalities, saying, "The funding for this, I absolutely a 100% agree, and I think it should be even higher.…
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