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DOE explains BEP transition, 5% safety net and new funding floor for districts
Summary
DOE briefed senators that BEP transition payments are stepping down (this will be the final transition year for those payments), a 5% safety net protects districts from losing more than 5% of prior-year funding, and a new funding floor will top up districts that see declines in non-virtual enrollment and lower TISA allocations.
Mary Ann Dursky told the committee there are three separate provisions outside the base TISA formula that provide additional support to districts: the BEP transition, a 5% safety net and a funding floor.
Dursky said the BEP transition provided stepped funding for districts that would have received less under TISA than under BEP; she stated that three districts will receive BEP transition funding this year and originally seven districts qualified when the transition began. On the safety net, Dursky said the 5% safety net "ensures that a district's total TISA allocation will not be less than 95% of what they received the previous year," and described that as helpful for districts with declining enrollment. She also described a new funding floor coming into play this year that will provide additional state funding to districts whose FY27 TISA allocation is less than the prior year and who have a decline in non-virtual enrollment; DOE will run the first FY27 projection at the end of February and notify districts that may qualify.
Committee members asked for a district-level breakdown and for statewide dollar totals related to the one-year 75% hold-harmless in last year's appropriation; Dursky said she would return with that analysis.
