Local governing bodies; school division budgets, funding levels.
Summary
Local governing bodies; school division budgets; funding levels. Requires the annual budget for educational purposes prepared and approved by each local governing body to meet or exceed the funding levels set out in the needs-based budget prepared and approved by the school board and submitted by the division superintendent in accordance with relevant law.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2026
Last action Feb 18, 2026
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Education Substitute
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K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute
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The bill has undergone significant formatting and layout changes from a standard legislative document to a formatted House substitute version. The substantive policy content regarding the study of school board budgets remains unchanged, but the document structure has been altered with added spacing, headers, and bill numbers.
TECHNICAL
Document formatting changed from a simple text layout to a structured House substitute format with added headers, spacing, and bill identification numbers.
Date formatting changed from '2/03/2026' to '2/3/26 12:02' and bill number added as '26106838D'.
Line numbering system changed from unnumbered text to numbered lines (1-15) typical of legislative markup.
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
4
Committee
7
Feb 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Left in Committee Appropriations
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Committee
Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (14-Y 7-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Committee
Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Nicole Cole
DDemocratic
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