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House Education narrows commission charge, plans draft bill on class size and governance
Summary
The House Education Committee discussed consolidating class-size language and substantially narrowing the Commission on the Future of Public Education's charge to focus on state-level governance and Agency of Education/State Board roles; staff said draft "strike-all" bill language should be ready by tomorrow.
Representative Bridal convened the House Committee on Education on March 25, 2025, and said the committee is moving toward a single bill that bundles class-size provisions and related governance changes and that staff expect to produce draft language "hopefully by tomorrow morning."
The committee spent most of the meeting focusing on two linked efforts: finalizing class-size minimum proposals and narrowing the scope of the Commission on the Future of Public Education so the commission's work centers on state-level governance issues, including the roles and responsibilities of the Agency of Education and the State Board of Education. "We have to go through every part of it," Representative Bridal said as the committee discussed compiling disparate pieces into one package.
Beth, a staff member working on draft language, told the committee she had not yet incorporated suggested changes from outside groups and described a large set of…
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