Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-82-R1

Redraft LOC 82

Education Pothole

Messrs. Tarr, Hedlund and Ross moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7061-0011, <w:p><w:r><w:t xml:space="preserve">moved that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 7061-0011, by adding at the end thereof the following: “provided further, that not less than $ 3,000,000 shall be expended for communities that (i) have been adversely affected by the closure of a charter school; (ii) who have experienced unanticipated fiscal challenges; (iii) experience foundation enrollment growth of greater than 200 pupils from fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2015; and (iv) whose chapter 70 as a percentage of total foundation budget is less than the district’s target aid percentage”; and in said item, by striking out the figure “2,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the figure “5,000,000”