Education funding set

Rep. Steven Johnson
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The final week of the 2018 legislative was filled with activity on education funding, the budget, judiciary and tax.

The first major issue was to pass a final education funding bill. This was needed to clarify that the department of education has the authority to distribute the last $80 million of the about $4 billion allocated for K-12 education next year. The bill was largely assembled on the House floor and passed to the Senate. It passed both chambers easily and I voted yes.

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