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Last updated on Monday, January 15, 2018
(INDIANAPOLIS) - The Indiana House and Senate could vote this week on giving schools extra money.
Indiana's traditional public schools have 6.000 more students than expected.
That means the pool of money set aside for schools is stretched thinner.
Bills approved by House and Senate committees would tap at least $16 million dollars from a school reserve fund, to increase the amount every school gets per student.
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ryan Mishler says the extra funding could reach as high as $25 million.
The final figure will be set after schools report special-education enrollment figures next month.
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