Introduced
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To provide a “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year 2019-20 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 (H-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered
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To increase the amount the state can borrow to manage cash flow related to disbursing school aid fund and other money to school districts.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To add $85 million for preschool programs.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Substitute offered
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To adopt a version of this budget that reflects the preferences of Democratic lawmakers.
The substitute failed by voice vote
Passed in the House 56 to 53 (details)
The House version of the fiscal year 2019-2020 K-12 school aid budget. This would appropriate $15.047 billion in gross spending, of which $1.749 billion is federal money, and the rest is from state and local taxes and fees. School districts in the lower funding tier would get a $180 per pupil increase, and districts that have higher funding would get $120 more per student.
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Passed in the Senate 22 to 15 (details)
To "zero-out" all of the appropriations in the House-passed version of this budget, leaving it as just a "shell" or "placeholder." This is a procedural device used for launching negotiations over the differences between the House and Senate budgets, and eventually for negotiating a final budget between a Republican-controlled legislature and a Democratic governor.
Failed in the House 0 to 109 (details)
Received
Passed in the House 91 to 18 (details)
The conference report for K-12 school aid budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct 1, 2019. The bill appropriates $15.235 billion compared to $14.765 billion approved the previous year, of which $1.749 billion is federal money. The bill increases state "foundation allowance" payments to schools by $120 per pupil for higher-spending school districts, and $240 per pupil for districts that get less funding; the minimum amount per student rises from $7,871 to $8,111.
Passed in the Senate 21 to 17 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
