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Relating to the list of shared operational functions for which school districts and area education agencies may be eligible to receive supplementary weighting and including applicability provisions
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 18, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 21, 2019
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the provision of supplementary weighting to school districts that share with a political subdivision one or more specified operational functions. The bill adds special education director and school safety director to the list of operational functions for which supplementary weighting is provided to school districts. The department of management annually sets a weighting for each area education agency under current law. Supplementary weighting for shared operational functions is available through the budget year beginning July 1, 2024.
Read the full explanation
The maximum amount of additional weighting for which a school district is eligible in a budget year is additional pupils; the maximum amount of additional funding for which an AEA is eligible is $200,000. The bill applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2019.
House subcommittee
Named February 21, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
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