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State legislators urge overhaul of school aid formula, warn of PEIA and special‑education funding gaps
Summary
Visiting state legislators told the Fayette County Board of Education that the state aid formula needs updating to better fund special‑education, transportation and other mandates; county staff and legislators also warned that PEIA premium increases and shrinking federal grants could blunt local pay‑raise efforts.
At a Fayette County Board of Education meeting, state legislators and county education officials urged changes to the state school aid formula and warned that health‑insurance and federal grant changes could reduce the net effect of any local pay raises.
The board’s guests included Sen. Brian Helton, Del. Elliot Prit and Sen. Roland Roberts, who described plans in Charleston to take up a ‘‘fair state aid formula’’ and other bills aimed at accounting for the higher costs of special‑needs students, transportation and other mandated services. ‘‘The state aid formula has not been updated in a number of years,’’ one legislator said, urging the board to share data and local priorities as committees draft bills.
Paula Fridley, the county chief school business officer, told the board that ‘‘most of the positions within…
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