The
recommended budget from the Public
Education Appropriations Committee included $ 25 million for the technology program, with additional revenue being gobbled up by a $ 40 million boost to charter school funding, $ 90 million for enrollment growth and a 2.5 percent increase, or $ 70 million, to the weighted pupil unit, a metric used for per - student - funding calculations.
In the motions for the Public
Education Appropriations Subcommittee, committee chairs Sen. Howard Stephenson and Rep. Steve Eliason recommended intent language directing the State Board of Education to «develop criteria that could be used to allocate pupil transportation funding to certain charter schools that provide pupil transportation services due to specific student economic, safety, distance, or special education requirements» (see the item titled, «Minimum School Program — Pupil Transportation,» on
Education Appropriations Subcommittee, committee chairs Sen. Howard Stephenson and Rep. Steve Eliason
recommended intent language directing the State Board of
Education to «develop criteria that could be used to allocate pupil transportation funding to certain charter schools that provide pupil transportation services due to specific student economic, safety, distance, or special education requirements» (see the item titled, «Minimum School Program — Pupil Transportation,» on
Education to «develop criteria that could be used to allocate pupil transportation funding to certain charter schools that provide pupil transportation services due to specific student economic, safety, distance, or special
education requirements» (see the item titled, «Minimum School Program — Pupil Transportation,» on
education requirements» (see the item titled, «Minimum School Program — Pupil Transportation,» on page 3).