A bill that would add more money to the state aid formula for schools passed out of the House Appropriations Committee last week. The bill (HB1004) would up the total increase to schools next year to three point eight percent. The Governor has proposed a three percent increase. Senator Bill Van Gerpen of Tyndall says the bill came out of their summer study of school funding…
Van Gerpen says it would be another boost to school districts…
The Governor has said if legislators want to add extra money to the formula, they have to cut somewhere else. Van Gerpen says those discussions are underway…
The bill will go to the House floor this week.