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Senate Bill 362 on youth organization grants fails after debate over targeting and DEI language
Summary
Senate Bill 362, which would have created state grants for youth organizations with statutory conditions drawn from the LEARNS Act, failed in the Joint Budget Committee after members debated whether its language improperly targeted the Boys & Girls Club and added diversity-equity-inclusion conditions.
The Joint Budget Committee on 2025-04-02 voted down Senate Bill 362, a spending bill that would have created youth-organization grant awards with eligibility language drawn from the LEARNS Act.
The bill’s sponsor, Senator Hammer, told the committee the measure “establish[es] parameters” for grant recipients that mirror existing law and Supreme Court precedent and said the Department of Education would oversee compliance. He also described a matching component that gives greater weight to new programs and a waiver pathway using memoranda of understanding for…
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