HB 1310: Special education funding

Summary

• Increases special education excess cost multipliers to: (1) 1.5289 for kindergarten through age 21 students who spend at least 80 percent of the school day in a general education setting; (2) 1.447 for those who spend less than 80 percent of the school day in a general education setting; and (3) 1.6381 for pre-kindergarten students.
• Revises the special education safety net, including reducing the threshold for high-need individuals to access the safety net to 1.5 times the average per pupil expenditure.
• Allows the Superintendent of Public Instruction to reserve up to 0.005 of excess cost allocations to use for certain statewide special education activities.
• Requires changes to accounting methodologies for the proration and allocation of special education students' general apportionment allocations for special education.

From the House Bill Analysis 2025 (HB 1310), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗