A bill to make appropriations for the department of education for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026; and to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations.
Senate Bills 162-181 are templates for the upcoming FY '26 budget. None of these bills have any real dollar figures attributed to them. They will be used to fill in the budget as it progresses through negotiations this year.
Introduced
by
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported with substitute S-2
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported with substitute S-2
Substitute S-2 concurred in by voice vote
1. Amend page 18, following line 13, by inserting
“Sec. 307. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department shall report to the standard report recipients by December 1, 2025 on pupil classroom sizes for all school buildings in each district”.
The amendment failed by voice vote
1. Amend page 18, following line 26, by inserting:
“Sec. 352. The funds appropriated in part 1 for unclassified salaries may only be used to support salary increases or lump sum bonuses if the state’s reading scores do not place the state in the bottom 10 states nationally.”.
The amendment failed 18 to 19 (details)
Passed in the Senate 19 to 18 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
