With an extra $17.6 million dollars sitting in the bank there’s no shortage of spending requests coming before Minnesota lawmakers this session.
A House committee took up a provision for K-12 schools that would increase the basic funding formula by over $1 billion dollars in the upcoming biennium.
The funding formula would climb by 5% annually in the next two fiscal years. The increase is projected to net the East Grand Forks District another $809,000 dollars.
The House Education Finance Committee laid over the request over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
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