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For the current year, standards of quality established by the General Assembly set the minimum per pupil funding level at $901. Bloomer reported that the coming year’s level had been projected to be $936 per child but had been raised by the Assembly in the recently adjourned session to $960 for 1979-80.
State aid to localities is based on the minimum per child funding and anticipated enrollment with both figures
89.6%