2026 session. Prime sponsor: no sponsor listed. Status: Sent to interim study.
Lets member school districts of a school administrative unit vote to adopt a budget cap on the unit's budget. The cap equals an overhead cost per student times the unit's October 1 student count, raised each year for inflation. A budget above the cap would need a 3/5 majority of voters across the districts, and adopting or rescinding the cap would also need 3/5. It would take effect 60 days after passage.
Introduced January 7, 2026 and sent to the House Education Funding Committee, which voted 18-0 on March 2 to recommend interim study. On March 12, 2026, the House voted 175-164 to refer it for interim study. On October 16, 2026, the interim study report said not recommended for future legislation, by 13-2.