SCHOOL FINANCE, ETC.

Rep. Steven Johnson
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This week we begin the 2018 legislative session. Budget issues dominate many discussions. Revenues through December continue to come in above estimates which will help us address some key issues. However, we remain well short of what is requested by the plaintiffs in the school funding case.

There have been a handful of interim committee meetings to monitor issues. I served on the joint budget committee and the special committee on education funding. Two additional committees, taxation and pensions, were the ones where I also served as chair.

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