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Education committee backs amendment asking commission to consider community voice in elementary school closures
Summary
On April 9, 2025, the Council of Education Committee approved a member-sponsored amendment in a straw poll to H.454 asking the commission created by the bill to consider whether communities served by elementary schools should have a formal voice in closure decisions and, if so, recommend what that process should include.
At a 2:30 p.m. meeting April 9, 2025, the Council of Education Committee held a straw poll to support a member-sponsored amendment to H.454 that asks the bill’s commission to consider whether the community served by an elementary school should have a voice in decisions about school closures and to recommend what that process should entail.
The amendment language, read into the record by Representative Brown, asks the commission to add to its considerations “including whether there should be a process for the community served by an elementary school to have a voice in decisions regarding school closures, and if so, recommendations for what that process shall entail.” Representative Brown said the language is intended to fold the concern into the commission’s streamlined charge rather than create a separate requirement.
The substance of the discussion centered on…
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