Committee advances school-board eligibility bill after adding 10‑year limit on felony bar
SB166 would bar people with certain felony convictions from running for school board; the committee adopted an amendment that limits the bar to 10 years after completing sentence for specified crimes (excluding offenses against children) and passed the bill to the Committee of the Whole 4–3.
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Senate Bill 166, a proposal to disqualify certain people from running for local school boards based on specified felony convictions, passed the Senate Education Committee by a 4–3 vote after adoption of an amendment narrowing the bill's scope. Sponsor Senator Benavides said the bill would bar candidates convicted as adults of crimes of violence or certain felony drug offenses from running for school board, while preserving the existing lifetime bar for sexual offenses against children.
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