Contact your Senator NOW as this bill heads to the Senate later today. The House has narrowly passed the Conference Committee Report for House Sub SB 387 65-58 (63 votes are required to pass). We oppose this bundling of funding and policy and we oppose this bill’s counting of LOCAL LOB money as STATE aid to pretend the state is funding 92% of excess costs as mandated in law. It also abolishes the SPED funding task force and mandates districts spend LOB funds derived from SPED funding contrary to legislative intent. This bill codifies the continued underfunding of SPED. There are other problems with this bill, including the simple fact it has too much in it as you can see from the title.

Originally posted on Facebook on April 4th, 2024.