On Sunday, the House passed a budget that includes an increase in the Basic Education Funding line item of $100 million. There is some dispute that, coupled with other school funding changes in the budget, the increase is actually only $8 million. However, even if the increase was $100 million, it would not be enough.

The Campaign for Fair Education Funding wants legislators to: increase basic education funding by at least $410 million to help restore past funding cuts, targeted at bringing districts back to the 2010 funding level as base year; and begin implementation of the new funding formula as unanimously adopted by the Basic Education Funding Commission.

Click here for a leave behind for legislative visits that explains the Commission’s proposed formula. Click here for a one pager, “Please fix our school funding system.”

Click here for a new action message to legislators, it includes a sample Tweet and Facebook post for legislators.