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Bill would require schools to notify parents if contracted online tutor is majority‑owned by an adversarial country
Summary
Representative Brandon Phillips presented House Bill 14‑46, which would require school districts to notify parents when a contracted online tutoring company has majority ownership outside the U.S., citing concerns about students at Knob Noster and proximity to Whiteman Air Force Base.
Representative Brandon Phillips presented House Bill 14‑46 to the committee, saying the measure would require school districts to notify parents when a school contracts with an online tutoring company that has majority ownership in a country the U.S. Department of State designates as adversarial. The bill does not ban specific vendors or prevent parents from using any tutoring service, Phillips said; it would provide "some transparency."
Phillips told the committee he became aware of the issue after learning that the Nob Noster (Knob Noster) School District…
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