House Education panel refines draft for school district boundary subcommittee, sets reporting deadline

The House Education Committee on March 20 reviewed and refined draft language to create a district boundary subcommittee of the Commission on the Future of Public Education and set deadlines and deliverables for that subcommittee.

Committee members said the draft would make all current commission members voting members, add five nonvoting members to be appointed by July 15, and require the subcommittee to recommend up to three proposed school-district boundary options and to submit detailed maps and a written report to the General Assembly on or before Dec. 1, 2025.

The draft, read and discussed during the meeting by legislative counsel, directs the subcommittee to propose boundaries that “increase equitable access to educational opportunity, maximize opportunities for modern regional and high schools with the least disruption to students, provide for the education of resident students in kindergarten through grade 12, and provide access to career and technical education for eligible students,” and to consider regional services and school locations in their analysis. The subcommittee also may…