The Legislature began budget conferencing this weekend, but there was little to no action on the K12 budget front. Meetings were authorized to begin as early as 10am Saturday, but K12 conferees did not meet until Sunday at 1:30p.m. If K12 conferees do not close out issues by close of business today, the budget issues will “bump” to the full Appropriations chairs, Senator Kelli Stargel and Representative Jay Trumbull.
House Budget Offer #1 Highlights
- Includes $41 M for 60 of 71 project requests
- FEFP Highlights
- +$20M for Mental Health Allocation
- Restored funding compression allocation
- +50M for Teacher Salary Increase Allocation
- $464 M dollars for student reserve, per the Chair, sitting as an allocation related to joint plans school choice
- Total funding +1.42%,
- state funds unweighted FTE +1.3%
- local funding + 3.3%
- Remove student reserve per student spending is flat
- Link to House Budget Offer #1
- Link to House Proviso Offer #1
Recordings of weekend meetings:
April 16, 2021
- Budget Conference Organizational Meeting WATCH
- Press Availability with Senate Committee on Appropriations Chair Kelli Stargel & House Appropriations Committee Chair Jay Trumbull WATCH
April 18, 2021
