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House committee advances bill expanding protected classes in public schools after lengthy debate
Summary
The House Education Committee voted 11-8 to report substitute Senate Bill 5,123 out of committee with a due‑pass recommendation. The bill would add several protected classes and definitions to the law prohibiting discrimination in public schools; multiple amendments were proposed and rejected after substantial debate.
The House Education Committee reported substitute Senate Bill 5,123 out of committee with a due‑pass recommendation after an extended debate over definitions and proposed amendments.
The bill, as briefed by staffer Ethan, “adds the following protected classes to the nondiscrimination provisions that apply to public schools: ethnicity, homelessness, immigration or citizenship status, and neurodivergence. It also separates sexual orientation, gender expression, and gender identity into three separate protected classes” and “provides definitions for these protected classes that apply to public schools.”
Committee members debated eight proposed amendments that would have changed those…
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