THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – Friday, December 6, 2019 Page 21 CELEBRATES | FROM PAGE 5 care costs using up-to-date health insurance trend data collected by the state’s Group Insurance Commission • Increases special education enrollment and cost assumptions to more accurately reflect district enrollment • Increases funding for EL and differentiates funding by grade level to reflect the greater resources required to educate older EL students • Addresses the needs of districts educating high concentrations of low-income students by providing additional funding based on the share of low-income students in each district; districts educating the largest percentage of low-income students will receive an additional increment equal to 100 percent of the base foundation; and returning the definition of low-income to 185 percent of the Federal Poverty Level, as opposed to the 133 percent level used in recent years.
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