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Senate committee told fiscal impact of H.955 is unclear; most costs use existing education-transformation funds

Senate Education Committee · April 24, 2026
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JFO analyst Julia Rickard told the Senate Education Committee that the fiscal note for H.955 is unclear overall because outcomes depend on state and local policy choices; most identified costs (about $1,042,000) are funded from previously appropriated education-transformation dollars while the bill contains one new $75,000 JFO appropriation.

The Senate Education Committee on April 23 heard a Joint Fiscal Office overview of the fiscal note for H.955. JFO analyst Julia Rickard said the bill’s overall fiscal impact is unclear because it depends on outstanding policy decisions at both state and local levels.

Rickard said the fiscal note breaks out potential fiscal implications by section. “The overall fiscal impact of this bill is unclear,” she told the committee, and noted that much of the tabled…

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