On March 26, 2024, Associate Policy Director Brianna January submitted written testimony to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee in support of HB 1390- Public Schools- Public Schools Construction- Funding and Administration with amendments. As amended, this bill alters the purpose of the Nancy K. Kopp Public School Facilities Priority Fun and establishes the Workgroup on the Assessment and Funding of School Facilities, among other operational changes related to school construction.
MACo seeks an amendment to add local representation of county governments and local education agencies to the proposed workgroup.
From MACo Testimony:
County governments, as funding partners in
school construction and facility projects, are major stakeholders in HB 1390's reforms and workgroup establishment. However, counties are not included in the bill's suggested list of workgroup members, nor are local education agencies, who arguably have the most at stake in any findings and
recommendations of the future workgroup. As such, MACo requests amendments to add these critical
stakeholders to the workgroup's membership.
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