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Senate committee advances bill setting accessible playground standards, writing pilot and protections for youth civic organizations
Summary
A multi-part bill the committee advanced would require accessible playground standards for new elementary-school playgrounds, create a three-year immersive writing pilot for grades 2–5, and encourage schools to allow Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and similar youth organizations to use facilities unless the district provides written reasons not to.
The Senate Education Committee approved a multi-part bill that would set accessibility standards for new elementary school playgrounds, create a three-year immersive writing pilot for second- through fifth-graders, and clarify that schools should permit youth civic organizations such as Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to use school facilities unless the district documents a reason to deny access.
Representative Deborah Bazemore told the committee Section 1 would require any new elementary school built beginning July 1, 2027, with a playground to meet enhanced, age- and ability-appropriate standards aligned with national accessible-playground guidance. Section 2 would…
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