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Senate panel advances wide-ranging Title 20 education rewrite after debate on assessments and official residency
Summary
The Senate committee approved a lengthy Title 20 education code rewrite (House Bill 1002) after amendments and debate over school-based assessments, property-sale exceptions and a failed amendment requiring the education secretary to live in Indiana.
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved a broad revision to Title 20 of Indiana law, advancing House Bill 1002 after debate over changes that members said could affect special-education assessments and local school transactions.
The bill, which members described as the product of an extended summer review of Title 20, passed committee 10-3. Committee discussion centered on amendments that removed, restored or narrowed language affecting school psychologists’ assessment authority, plus local exceptions allowing two school districts to sell buildings to municipalities.
Supporters said the 140-page bill compiles many technical updates and clarifications following a committee review begun last year. “This bill is a result of that. It’s about 140 pages and a lot of hours of work…
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