Here’s more on the context of the education allotments.
“‘Basically this is taking away the LOB aid school districts were given for the equalization aid last year,’ [USD 249 Superintendent Rick] Simoncic said.
“He said many districts had maxed out their local option budgets and receiving the full match triggered local property tax relief in these districts rather than additional dollars in school coffers.
“’Most of the school districts around the state – they aren’t seeing an increase in spending,’ Simoncic said. ‘That was a tax break for local taxpayers if your LOB was maxed out.’
“’This will be a cut to money we never even saw,’ he added.”