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The system currently awards extra funds to the state's 286 school districts based on each district's number of students enrolled in the free and reduced-priced lunch program. A separate funding provision gives a few more dollars to those with particularly high rates of impoverished students.
Sen. Steve Abrams, an Arkansas City Republican and chairman of the Senate Education Committee, is proposing a change to the law that would award funds in grades kindergarten through third based on poverty and fourth through 12th based on student performance.
The change would result in a potential savings of $106 million for the state.