Education finance: transitional kindergarten: funding for basic aid school districts and necessary small schools.
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Overview
This bill aims to increase state funding for basic aid school districts and necessary small schools to support transitional kindergarten programs. It requires the state to allocate additional funds, based on transitional kindergarten average daily attendance, specifically for these districts and schools. The bill also modifies existing funding formulas to ensure adequate support for these programs, starting in the 2025-26 fiscal year.
Key provisions
- Requires a minimum level of state funding for basic aid districts to include funding for transitional kindergarten based on average daily attendance.
- Establishes an ‘add-on’ amount for transitional kindergarten funding, calculated based on average daily attendance.
- Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to allocate funding for pupils attending transitional kindergarten in basic aid districts and necessary small schools.
- Modifies existing calculations for necessary small schools to incorporate transitional kindergarten funding.
- Defines ‘basic aid school district’ and ‘necessary small school’ for the purpose of the bill.
- Adjusts the local control funding formula to account for the needs of basic aid districts and necessary small schools.
- Provides a transitional funding mechanism for newly operational charter schools.
- Appropriates funds from the General Fund to support the required allocations.
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