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Draft would bar districts from closing schools then tuitioning students out; would require districts to designate up to three public schools
Summary
Committee reviewed language that would prohibit districts from closing an existing public school and then paying tuition for students to attend schools outside the district; instead districts would designate up to three public schools to serve resident students, building on existing 'designation' law for high schools.
During its March 26 meeting, the House Education Committee examined draft language in the H.454 strike‑all that would prohibit a district from closing an existing public school and then educating resident students by paying tuition for them to attend another public or approved independent school selected by parents.
Under the draft read to the committee, a school district that closes an existing public school must provide education to resident students "by designating three or fewer public schools" to serve as the district’s…
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