Relating to public school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, modifying provisions relating to the regular program state cost per pupil, modifying provisions relating to the property tax replacement payment and the transportation equity payments, and including effective date provisions

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedFebruary 3, 2022
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   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 3, 2022
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   Done: House committeeFebruary 8, 2022
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   Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 10, 202257–39
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   Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
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   Done: Passes the SenateFebruary 14, 202231–17
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   Done: To the GovernorFebruary 17, 2022
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   Done: Signed into lawFebruary 17, 2022

Signed into law What’s a funnel?

Amendments · 14

2 adopted · 5 failed · 1 never voted on. Newest first.

• S-5008 · filed February 14, 2022 by Sen. Jackie Smith (D)

  AI summary This amendment adds several rules regarding the statewide preschool program for four-year-old children. It allows eligible five-year-olds to enroll in preschool if a school district chooses to do so, requires preschool programs to provide consultation services to parents about school readiness, and updates how preschool enrollment is counted for state funding. It also clarifies that children enrolled in this preschool program are considered to be of compulsory attendance age. Its wording →
  Ruled out of order
  February 14, 2022
• S-5007 · filed February 14, 2022 by Sen. Nate Boulton (D)

  AI summary This amendment adds a rule that provides school districts with a classroom funding supplement based on their kindergarten through eighth grade enrollment. It appropriates fifteen million dollars for this supplement and specifies that the money must be used for things like reducing class sizes, early intervention, or hiring and retaining teachers. Its wording →
  Ruled out of order
  February 14, 2022
• S-5006 · filed February 14, 2022 by Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D)

  AI summary This amendment changes the bill's title to include certain funding. It also adds rules regarding how school districts can use general fund money for preschool programs and how they must account for preschool foundation aid. Its wording →
  Ruled out of order
  February 14, 2022
• S-5005 · filed February 14, 2022 by Sen. Claire Celsi (D)

  AI summary This amendment increases the regular program foundation base per pupil from 87.5 percent to 88.4 percent of the state cost per pupil. It also creates a new mental health supplement for school districts, sets how that funding is calculated, and requires that the money be used for student mental health staff and services. Its wording →
  Failed
  February 14, 2022
• S-5004 · filed February 14, 2022 by Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D)

  AI summary This amendment changes the state growth rate for public school funding from two and one-half percent to five percent. Its wording →
  Failed
  February 14, 2022
• S-5003 · filed February 14, 2022 by Sen. Amy Sinclair (R)

  AI summary This amendment increases two specific percentages from one-fourth to one-half and lowers a number from ten to five. It also adds a rule that the usual thirty-day deadline for passing these types of funding bills does not apply to this Act. Its wording →
  Adopted
  February 14, 2022
• H-8016 · filed February 10, 2022 by

  AI summary This amendment changes the formula used to calculate how much property tax replacement money each school district receives. It specifies that the payment is based on a district's weighted enrollment multiplied by a new per-pupil amount calculated using specific state cost per pupil figures. Its wording →
  Adopted
  February 10, 2022
• H-8015 · filed February 9, 2022 by

  AI summary This amendment adds a rule that if a school district or its employee is found to have violated certain laws within the year before the budget is certified, the district's budget and state aid must be calculated using base year amounts. It also prevents the school district from receiving a budget adjustment for that year. Its wording →
  Withdrawn
  February 10, 2022
• H-8014 · filed February 9, 2022 by

  AI summary This amendment adds a new way to provide extra funding to school districts for mental health and behavioral services. It creates a system where districts receive additional money based on their student enrollment and the number of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Its wording →
  Ruled not germane
  February 10, 2022
• H-8013 · filed February 9, 2022 by

  AI summary This amendment changes the dates for certain funding provisions to apply to years beginning on or before July 1, 2023. It also adds a requirement that the state growth rates for budget years starting on or after July 1, 2024, must be established by law within thirty days of the governor's budget being sent to the legislature. Its wording →
  Failed
  37–59
  February 10, 2022
• H-8012 · filed February 9, 2022 by

  AI summary This amendment changes the formula used to calculate how much property tax replacement money each school district receives. It also removes a requirement that certain parts of this bill be passed within thirty days of the governor's budget transmission. Its wording →
  Never voted on
• H-8011Strike everything · filed February 9, 2022 by

  AI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill. It increases the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth to five percent for the budget year beginning July 1, 2022, and establishes a process for setting growth rates in future years. It also changes the calculation for the regular program state cost per pupil, updates how property tax replacement payments are calculated, and modifies how money is appropriated for transportation equity aid. Its wording →
  Failed
  38–57
  February 10, 2022
• H-8010 · filed February 9, 2022 by

  AI summary This amendment adds a rule that school districts receive a small amount of extra state funding for each student, which must be placed in the student activity fund. It also specifies that money in the student activity fund can only be used to support cocurricular or extracurricular programs. Its wording →
  Ruled not germane
  February 10, 2022
• H-8009 · filed February 9, 2022 by

  AI summary This amendment changes the number five to ten in the bill. Its wording →
  Failed
  40–56
  February 10, 2022