Increased state aid to school districts by 26 percent, from $3.6 billion to $4.5 billion annually. Established mechanisms to equalize wealth among school districts:
- Equalizing mechanism: State aid = adjusted basic allotment – local share (higher in wealthier school districts).
- Enrichment equalization allotment: encouraged property-poor school districts to increase local tax rates to enhance their curricula.
- Equalization transition entitlement: temporarily mitigated costs of equalization for qualifying high-wealth school districts that experienced reductions in state aid53