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Committee converts House Bill 1329 to study amid implementation concerns
Summary
The Appropriations - Education and Environment Division voted to advance House Bill 1329 as a study after members and IT officials raised questions about costs, data standards and local district burdens for creating a statewide school spending transparency database.
The Appropriations - Education and Environment Division on Oct. 12 voted to advance House Bill 1329 as amended, converting the proposal for a statewide school spending transparency database into a study after lawmakers and IT advisers warned the project would be technically complex and costly.
Proponents said the bill would create a public database and website showing how school funds are spent. "They want to create a ... transparency database of information of, you know, how schools spend their money," a committee member said while describing the bill’s intent. The original bill requested $500,000 for initial database and website work.
Lawmakers and staff told the committee that the $500,000 in the bill would cover only initial web/database development and would…
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