Establishes a new categorical funding category for civics education.
Establishes a new categorical funding category for civics education.
Establishes a categorical program of education funding, for students who matriculate in the municipality pursuant to an affordable housing plan.
Amends categorical state funding to include excess costs associated with transporting homeless students to out-of-district public schools.
Ensures that transportation categorical funds between the state and regional school districts would be fully funded.
Amend the calculation of state funding provided to local education agencies for special education services.
Removes funding requirement from department of elementary and secondary education.
Amends State funding calculations for special education, revising extraordinary cost calculations for FY 2027-2028, and providing additional funds for excess costs when special education students move into a district after the budget is approved.
Amends the term "extraordinary costs" for the purposes of excess costs associated with special education students. The new definition of extraordinary costs would be educational costs that are over 3 times the average statewide special education cost.
Removes language that requires the department of elementary and secondary education to prorate funds to school districts in certain situations and eliminate funding for certain programs.