School officials from around the state came to Apollo Career Center Tuesday to discuss how the Fair School Funding Plan would work for the state. The plan was recently introduced by two state legislators, including 4th District State Rep. Bob Cupp.
The plan calls for 400 million dollars more in funding next year, plus 320 million dollars more in 2021 for day-to-day operation costs, that's a 10.5% funding increase over the next two years for about 85% of districts around the state.
That is good news for some local school districts who would see an increase in their funding under this new formula.
"Preliminary numbers that came out show us a little bit of an increase in funding, but again that has a long way to go - based upon what they've distributed so far, we'll see a little bit of an increase, so this is exciting and hopefully there's follow through and that we can see a final number on how this is going to work out," Rich Dackin, Superintendent of Bath Local Schools.
"For a lot of us, that means increases, and so we're really hoping that all the logistics and how all the details work out and that it will all be in our favor," said Alison Van Gorder, Superintendent of Perry Local Schools.
The meeting at Apollo is just one of the many planned for school officials around the state.
