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SB146

Funding for Regional Schools and Mt. Edgecumbe High School

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In one sentence

This law creates a special fund in the state general fund to pay for school construction projects at regional educational attendance areas, small municipal school districts, and Mt. Edgecumbe High School.

What it does

  • Creates the 'regional educational attendance area and small municipal school district fund' as an account in the state general fund.
  • Allows the department to provide grant funding from this fund for regional educational attendance areas and small municipal school districts.
  • Permits using funds for construction and major maintenance projects at Mt. Edgecumbe High School.
  • Sets a limit so that unspent cash in the fund cannot exceed $70,000,000.

Who it affects

  • Regional educational attendance areas
  • Small municipal school districts
  • Mt. Edgecumbe High School

Limits and unknowns

  • The law does not specify how much money will be put into the fund each year.
  • It is unclear which specific construction projects at Mt. Edgecumbe High School will receive funding first.

Official record

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Read the official summary

REAA & SMALL MUNI FUND: MT. EDGECUMBE An Act relating to the regional educational attendance area and small municipal school district fund; and relating to Mt. Edgecumbe High School.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. (H) FN2: (EED)
  2. (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 263
  3. (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 9/8/26
  4. (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/16/263021
  5. (S) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 6/18 CH 13 SLA 263021
  6. (S) 10:14 A.M. 6/1/26 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR2960
  7. (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N-2819
  8. (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKE UP2818
  9. (H) VERSION: HCS SB 146(FIN)2956
  10. (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED2956
  11. (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 132898
  12. (H) PASSED Y39 A12897
  13. (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS SB 146(FIN)2897
  14. (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC2897
  15. (H) FIN HCS ADOPTED UC2897
  16. (H) READ THE SECOND TIME2896
  17. (H) NOT TAKEN UP 5/18 - ON 5/19 CALENDAR2882
  18. (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/18/20262882
  19. (H) FN2: (EED)1991
  20. (H) DP: BYNUM, MOORE, GALVIN, STAPP, JOSEPHSON, FOSTER, SCHRAGE1991