2011 Senate Bill 197 ↩

Senate Roll Call 738: Passed

To appropriate $67.1 million in unspent money from the previous year’s school aid budget, plus $27.5 million in new money, to cover approximately $94 million in additional state dollars needed under the school aid disribution formula to meet proposed per-pupil school spending levels for the year given local property tax shortfalls generated by falling property assessments. The bill also adds a small amount for special education funding.