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Financing of Public Schools for Fiscal Year 2017-18

Subject
Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Published
08/10/2017

Senate Bill 17-296 amends the Public School Finance Act of 1994 to provide funding for school districts in FY 2017-18. The bill was signed by the Governor on June 2, 2017, and became effective on that date. Senate Bill 17-254, the "Long Bill," appropriates most of the state aid distributed to school districts. The following summarizes the primary funding changes contained in these bills.

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