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Amendment to raise school funding by 5% fails on House floor
Summary
Representative Matson’s amendment H8010, proposing a 5% increase in school funding (about $400 per student) and preservation of $14 million for education support staff pay, failed on a roll call (approx. 30–63 with 7 not voting).
Representative Matson moved amendment H8010 seeking to increase school funding by 5% (Matson described this as about $400 per student) and to preserve a $14 million support for education support professionals. Matson framed the amendment as a priorities choice: “This is about priorities,” he said, urging colleagues to support higher investments in schools and staff pay.
The bill manager and other majority members urged resistance to the amendment, saying it would add an estimated $126,000,000 to the general fund and questioned where offsets or revenue increases would come from. After a requested division and roll-call, the recorded result showed approximately 30 ayes, 63 no, and 7 not voting; the amendment was not adopted.
