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House Education Committee votes 9-5 to introduce RS 32,776, sending Launch-program changes to second-reading calendar
Summary
The House Committee on Education voted 9-5 to introduce RS 32,776 and recommend it be placed on the second-reading calendar. A substitute motion to return the proposal to the sponsor failed 4-10. Lawmakers expressed support for the bill as an improvement but urged further changes to the Launch program’s scope and oversight.
The House Committee on Education voted 9-5 on March 27, 2025, to introduce RS 32,776 and recommend it for placement on the second-reading calendar, a measure that would move proposed changes to the state’s Launch workforce-education program closer to floor consideration.
The committee rejected a substitute motion to return RS 32,776 to its sponsor by a 4-10 roll-call vote. Committee members debated whether the draft goes far enough to address program scope, governance and student eligibility before advancing it.
Representative Steve Miller, the bill sponsor, identified himself at the meeting as…
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