Senate education hearing grills H955 proposal to expand state support for school construction and leverage bonding

Committee heard a lengthy briefing on H955, which would add a new option to the Act 73 school construction program by leveraging state bonding capacity and raising proposed state aid floors (discussion included proposed 50–95% aid ranges, bonus points, and the lack of an identified revenue source). AOE, counsel and senators debated tradeoffs between coverage depth and number of projects funded.