Senate Education Finance (04/01/2026)

Education Finance Committee · April 1, 2026

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Introduction and hearing on HB1121 (adequacy base-cost elements)

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Representative Rick Lad (prime sponsor) introduced HB1121, which would codify the 2008 joint legislative committees "base cost" resource elements (teachers, principals, guidance counselors, library media specialists, technology coordinator, custodial staff, instructional materials/supplies, technology, professional development, facilities operation/maintenance, transportation). He argued these are the universal elements of an adequate education and should be statutory; he excluded central office administrators, school nurses, paraprofessionals as universal base-cost elements, noting those may

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Education Finance Committee considered four bills: HB1121 on defining base-cost elements of an adequate education; HB1495 restricting use of reimbursement anticipation notes (RANs); HB1610 changing rules for unassigned fund balances and contingency funds; and HB1816 creating a state recovery process for school districts in financial emergency. Lawmakers, Department of Education and stakeholders discussed scope, safeguards, and examples from Claremont.

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