As we reported to you last week, the Assembly and Senate Budget Subcommittees on Education Finance at the State Capitol have wrapped up their work and have made recommendations to their respective full committees. The Senate Budget Committee adopted its package of recommendations last Friday and the Assembly adopted their package this Wednesday. Because there are very distinctive differences between how the Senate and Assembly fund various programs in their Budgets, this will force those items to be reconciled by the powerful Budget Conference Committee, which will begin its work on Monday...[read more]