This bill would reduce the per-pupil foundation grant to schools by $300, as recommended by the Governor, but “give back” around $100 per pupil as a pension contribution subsidy, and another $100 if a school district adopts specified reforms including requiring employees to pay 10 percent of health insurance benefits, dropping the insurance company owned by the teacher’s union, bidding-out non-instructional services, consolidating some services, and more “transparency.” $175 million in full-day per pupil grants paid to districts for half-day kindergartners would be eliminated starting in 2012-2013, and $133 million is added to cover potential transition costs of a possible school employee pension reform.
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