Post by Logan on Feb 19, 2016 12:22:54 GMT -6
Assembly passes bill that costs districts with students who head to private voucher schools
School districts with students attending private voucher schools would collectively lose about $5.3 million under a change to the state's funding formula the Assembly passed Thursday.
The bill passed on a 56-37 vote. The latest version of the bill still awaits a vote in the Senate.
The 2015-17 state budget allowed school districts to increase revenues — state aid and property taxes — for students attending private voucher schools, typically about $10,000 per pupil. The districts also lose state aid based on the amount claimed for a voucher, which is capped at about $7,300 for K-8 and $8,000 for high school.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, took issue with districts being able to pocket the difference, potentially through higher property taxes. He originally proposed changing the formula in a way that would have cost school districts with voucher students collectively about $14.2 million in revenue authority in the first year.
Read more: host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/assembly-passes-bill-that-costs-districts-with-students-who-head/article_bfd36d8e-fe05-5cfa-94f2-cf56b6ea335a.html
School districts with students attending private voucher schools would collectively lose about $5.3 million under a change to the state's funding formula the Assembly passed Thursday.
The bill passed on a 56-37 vote. The latest version of the bill still awaits a vote in the Senate.
The 2015-17 state budget allowed school districts to increase revenues — state aid and property taxes — for students attending private voucher schools, typically about $10,000 per pupil. The districts also lose state aid based on the amount claimed for a voucher, which is capped at about $7,300 for K-8 and $8,000 for high school.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, took issue with districts being able to pocket the difference, potentially through higher property taxes. He originally proposed changing the formula in a way that would have cost school districts with voucher students collectively about $14.2 million in revenue authority in the first year.
Read more: host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/assembly-passes-bill-that-costs-districts-with-students-who-head/article_bfd36d8e-fe05-5cfa-94f2-cf56b6ea335a.html