After a short recess, about 8:20 p.m., the Senate returned to the floor and began work on the striking amendment offered by Senator Zarelli, R-Ridgefield. Senate Democrats offered 35 amendments to restore funding. If the votes continue along the same lines, each amendment will go down by a vote of 24-25.
Amendments that would have restored funding to K-12 funding if adopted included:
- $2.8 million to restore Medicaid Funding for school-based medical services
- Keeping Running Start at 1.2 FTE instead of the 1.0 proposed by Senate Republicans
- $1 million for the Washington College Bound scholarships
- $3.2 million for Readiness to Learn
- $2.8 million for Nav 101
- $950,000 for the Reading Corps
- $1 million for the Beginning Educator Support Team program
The Senate Republicans did not propose an apportionment shift.
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