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2017 Senate Bill 5607: Concerning education

Replaces the K-12 prototypical school funding allocation model for basic education with a per pupil guarantee model. ?Provides additional state supplemental per pupil funding for special education students, low-income students, transitional bilingual students, highly capable students, career and technical education students, and homeless students. ? Imposes a new local effort levy by the state on behalf of school districts at a uniform rate. ? Delays the 2018 reduction in local excess levy authority and state levy equalization distributions by a year. ? Eliminates voter-approved excess levies for calendar year 2019. Future voter-approved excess would be limited to 10 percent. ? Repeals Initiative 1351 and Initiative 732 provisions.

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SENATE REPUBLICANS


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Senate Roll Call on 2017 Senate Bill 5607