Budget Information

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Budget Agreement (with Boiler Plate language detailing funding for programs)

Revenue Sources for K-12 Education Pie Chart

**K-12 Received $65/pupil one-time grant increase

**Higher Education returns to pre-Covid levels of funding (approximately same funding as last year)

2020-2021 Budget Notes (Extracted from”Budget Agreement” [above])

Additional Per Pupil – restores $175 cut from previous agreement and adds a “one-time” $65 per pupil (50/50 blend, 2 yrs.)

Per Pupil Foundation – $8,529 minimum and $8,111 maximum

Coronavirus Relief Fund – requires districts to pay its employees during the disruption

Attendance Recovery – (new section) – $2M for an attendance recovery program

Virtual Learning Support Grants – $2M for ISD’s to assist with virtual learning instructional costs

Increasing Enrollment Districts – $65M for districts with increasing enrollment

School Lunch Debt – $1M to forgive all outstanding student meal debt

Third Grade Reading – $3M ($2.5M for literacy coaches & $.5M for training principals)

Special Education Adjustment – $70.3M for census adjustments

New Teacher Retention – $5M for first-year teachers who complete the full year

SAT/PSAT – Districts must make available to students who could not take it (not counted toward accountability)

MPSERS Reimbursements – adjustments for all rates and increase state share of payments