2023 Appropriations Act Changes.

This amendment to the 2023 Appropriations Act directs that any extra state revenue generated by mandated teacher salary and benefit increases be used specifically to fund those same increases for the 2024-2025 school year. It also modifies the rules for supplemental teacher funding by changing how the state calculates a "supplant factor" to determine if local schools are using state money to replace their own funds. Under the new rules, if a local school district is found to have violated these funding requirements, the state board must either continue funding if the district fixes the issue or withhold all supplemental funds for the following year if it does not. These changes directly affect local school administrative units and the state's financial management of teacher compensation.