I was a little confused by this article from yesterday--and I was at the meeting referenced!--so I asked for clarification. The intent is for the administration to file a supplemental budget (as they often do) alongside the Governor's budget in January including pothole funding (so, not looped into the foundation budget, but filling the "pothole" that has come up) for the students from Puerto Rico. That funding would be for FY18, aka THIS SCHOOL YEAR. The new budget for FY19 would likewise have such funding.
(And then if students have stayed, they will be counted next October, so they'll be in the foundation budget count for FY20.)
No word yet on how much, but every time I hear this discussion, the state emphasizes again being sure that students who come in have Puerto Rico designated in their record as where they're coming from, so make sure your district is doing that!
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