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A major overhaul of school funding in the name of equitable treatment for all students is making a late debut at the Legislature, drawing complaints that it's a hasty effort to make significant policy changes that affect half of the state'sThe 101-page plan will get its first public airing next week, a week after most committee hearings have wrapped up for the year.
The bill is scheduled for a hearing at the House Appropriations Committee on Monday, one of more than a dozen bills on a packed agenda that will start at 9:30 a.m.State Rep. Michelle Udall, R-Mesa, is the author of a strike-everything amendment to Senate Bill 1269 that would create the new funding program. The bill builds on a, a nonprofit that is a proponent of school choice and the growing charter-school movement.
Boyer said he has no idea what the bill says and cautioned against the Legislature moving too quickly. All people have to do is look at the mess lawmakers created earlier this month, he said, when they approved a bill that eliminated the election of political party precinct committee members, setting off a backlash that took a lawsuit to resolve.
Besides, he said, when the"alphabets" propose education measures, they cost millions of dollars. By tailoring school funding to the student, rather than a system, Simon said funding can even out over a five-year period as aspects of the bill are phased in.On Thursday, the bill's advocates met with various education groups to discuss the bill. Changes are still being made to the bill ahead of its 9:30 a.m. Monday hearing before the House Appropriations Committee.
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