House PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Recommendations (3/25)
Budget Packet
(Click HERE for 3/24 post with Senate highlights)
Total: $19.4B (increase of $2.7B to this base year budget)
- Assumes decline of 48K+ decline in enrollment
- Includes $334M student reserve allocation (to accommodate the scenario in which students return)
- Of note: Class Size Reduction Allocation is decreased by approx. $334M
- Maintains RLE millage rate at 3.72 mills
- Includes “lump sum” categories to allocate ESSER based on the approval of detailed spending plans
Total FEFP: $17.8B
- BSA is at $4371.60 (+$52.11)
- $500M Teacher Salary Increase Allocation
- Increases SAI by 34% to be exclusively used for academic services and resources related to learning loss
- Eliminates Categorical: Turnaround Supplemental Services Allocation, Funding Compression and Hold Harmless Allocation, Virtual Education Contribution
FY 2020-21 Immediate Reversions Authorized in the FY 2021-22 General Appropriations Act Total: $1.25B
- $1M Shift from General Revenue to Federal Grants Trust Fund (ESSER)
- $75M Carryforward reduction (students who did not attend VPK)
- $75M Carryforward reduction, Schools of Hope unused funds
