Senate committee advances constitutional amendment to create education equalization reserve
The Senate Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments advanced SCA 5, a measure to establish an Equalization Reserve Account to reduce per‑pupil funding disparities; the author said only interest on invested principal would be distributed to underfunded districts and the legislature would set distribution rules.
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Chair Wiener convened the Senate Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments and Senator Cortese introduced SCA 5, called the Equalization Reserve Act, as a constitutional tool to address persistent per‑pupil funding disparities between basic aid and non‑basic aid districts.
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