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When public school enrollment declines, the state's base education budget currently loses funding proportional to the drop in students — this bill requires that lost funding to instead be redirected to increase the per-student funding amount (called the "weighted pupil unit") rather than simply disappearing from the education budget. The Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst calculates the projected funding reduction caused by enrollment decline and recommends that amount to the Legislature's appropriations committee to be added back into per-student spending. School districts experiencing enrollment drops would maintain more stable overall funding levels, meaning the students who remain enrolled would see their per-pupil resources protected rather than cut.