Budget Stabilization Factor / Negative Factor

March 2018

In early March CSFP asked all 178 school district Superintendents and CFOs how they would spend a $100M buydown of the Budget Stabilization Factor (formerly the Negative Factor). CSFP posted responses on social media beginning Monday, March 5, 2018. All posts are available here, updated with the most recent posts.

From Legislative Council's School Finance Booklet April 2017:

• What is the Negative Factor? for FY 2016-17, pg 12. Adjustments range from $750 to just under $2,000.
• Map of the Negative Factor per Pupil Funding Decrease, FY 2016-17 (jpeg)
• Legislative Council's School Finance Booklet, April 2017 is available here.

Nine Years of K-12 School Funding Cuts 2009-2018 (PDF) by county, district (inclusive of mid-year cuts, state budget stabilization, negative factor, and budget stabilization factor) - updated May 2017. During the 2017 Legislative Session the Legislature renamed the Negative Factor to the Budget Stabilization Factor.