SCHOOL FINANCE. Speaker Straus Statements on HB 21. 6 Points.

• More Money. HB 21 provides “more than $1.8 billion in additional funding for public education”
• More money across the board. “more than 95% of school districts and almost every charter school would receive more dollars per-student”
• Modern Calculations. “modernize the formulas”
• Local dollars stay local. allows “more taxpayer dollars to stay in their local schools”
• Less reliance on property taxes. “begin to reduce our over-reliance on local property taxes.”
• Less Robinhood. Reduces Robinhood payments by almost $400 million over 2 years

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