A subcommittee on Tuesday approved a bill containing that amount of state supplemental aid for kindergarten through 12th grade schools. The proposed increase is 1.75 percent.

“I believe it’s a fair number,” state Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink, R-Fort Dodge, said Tuesday evening.

Gov. Kim Reynolds has proposed a 2 percent increase. The House of Representatives has not yet proposed a figure for state supplemental aid.

Kraayenbrink said there will be negotiations with the House and the governor’s office to determine the “end product.”

“It could be higher or it could be the same,” he said.

He anticipates the bill being considered by the full Senate Education Committee this week or early next week.

Determining the aid figure is part of the process of preparing a budget that is sustainable and conservative, according to Kraayenbrink

He said 48 percent of the state’s $9.4 billion budget is spent on kindergarten through 12th grade education.

When the money for the Regents universities and community colleges are included, about 56 percent of the state budget is dedicated to education, he said.