Bill > HF2433

This bill appropriates funds for education finance, modifies compensatory aid calculations, and establishes requirements for anonymous threat reporting systems for fiscal years 2026, 2027, and 2028. * **General Education Aid:** An appropriation of $8,550,641,000 is allocated for fiscal year 2026 and $8,783,520,000 for fiscal year 2027. This appropriation is from the General Fund. * **Compensatory Education Revenue:** The bill modifies how compensatory education revenue is calculated for fiscal years 2027 and later, ensuring a minimum building amount for fiscal year 2027. It also allows for increased flexibility in allocating up to 40% of compensatory revenue to school sites for fiscal years 2026, 2027, and 2028. * **Anonymous Threat Reporting Systems:** * $4,000,000 is appropriated from the General Fund in fiscal year 2027 to the Department of Public Safety for grants to schools to develop, purchase, implement, operate, and maintain anonymous threat reporting systems. These grants are available until June 30, 2029. * $1,000,000 is appropriated from the General Fund in fiscal year 2027 to the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, for staffing and operating costs related to threat assessment and investigations. This appropriation is available until June 30, 2029. * **Anonymous Threat Reporting System Requirements:** School districts and charter schools must adopt policies to implement an anonymous threat reporting system by June 30, 2027, and implement either a local or statewide system by July 1, 2028. Data collected through these systems is classified as confidential or protected nonpublic data while active.