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Ways & Means advances amendment 4.1 to bill 955 to add interactive education funding calculator; straw poll favorable 10-1-0
Summary
Committee counsel explained amendment 4.1 to bill 955 would require the Department of Taxes to publish an interactive education funding calculator (widget) by Oct. 1, 2027, add a rulemaking date clarification, and expand treasurer/CDAC reporting; the committee held a nonbinding straw poll that was favorable 10-1-0.
The Ways & Means Committee reviewed an amendment to bill 955 on April 16 that would add an interactive education funding calculator to the Department of Taxes website and make two technical fixes to the bill; the committee conducted a nonbinding straw poll and found the amendment favorable by a 10-1-0 margin.
John Gray, legislative counsel, and counsel from the Saint James office of legislative counsel read draft 4.1 to the committee and said the first instance of the amendment (section 18a) would require the Department of Taxes to publish an interactive education funding calculator — described as an "interactive calculator" or "widget" — on or before Oct. 1, 2027. The calculator would let a school district…
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