Introduced
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To provide a “place holder” for a Fiscal Year 2018-2019 K-12 School Aid budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered
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To add another $791 million to proposed school spending.
The amendment failed 13 to 23 (details)
Amendment offered
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To add $600 million in state aid to school districts that are above the amount the state is constitutionally required to provide, and other changes related to this. Also, to add an extra $2 million to a $6 million line item authorizing Department of Education interventions in academically failing schools.
The amendment failed 14 to 22 (details)
Amendment offered
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To increase spending on government-funded pre-school programs by $173 million, a portion of which would be earmarked to expanding these programs to three year old children.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To authorize increasing various line items to accommodate bonuses and pay hikes for various teacher categories.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To reduce per pupil state aid amounts for online cyber schools; spend an extra $50 million to give district money to hire counselors, social workers and safety officers; and add another $50 million for physical plant safety improvements in schools.
The amendment failed 16 to 20 (details)
Passed in the Senate 27 to 9 (details)
The Senate version of the K-12 school aid budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct 1, 2018. This bill would appropriate a total of $14.732 billion, compared to $14.580 billion approved last year. Of this, $1.724 billion is federal money. The House budget version proposes spending $14.823 billion. School districts with lower revenue would get a $230 increase in per-pupil aid, and higher spending ones would get an extra $115..
Amendment offered
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To replace the previous version of the bill with one that contains no appropriations; see House-passed bill for an explanation.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 106 to 2 (details)
To send the bill back to the Senate "stripped" of all actual appropriations, leaving it as a "template" or "placeholder." This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets. The House has actually passed its version of the full budget in two "omnibus" bills, House Bills 5578 and 5579.
Failed in the Senate 0 to 37 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
