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Conference committee trims school-closure language, narrows tuition rules for approved independent and receiving schools
Summary
Conference committee members reviewing H.454 circulated a house counterproposal on June 13 that removes a contested school-closure provision and narrows tuition rules for approved independent and receiving schools, including a 25% enrollment threshold and a conditional supplemental high-school fee of up to 5%.
Conference committee members reviewing H.454 circulated a house counterproposal on June 13 that removes a previously contested school-closure section and narrows the bill’s tuition provisions for approved independent and receiving schools.
The counterproposal would require an approved independent school to have at least 25% of its total student enrollment composed of students attending on a publicly funded tuition basis to be eligible for public tuition. The bill would also let a receiving school charge an additional fee for students in grades 9–12 equal to the base tuition multiplied by up to 0.05 (5%) only if three conditions are met: the receiving school has State Board of Education approval to charge the fee under rules the board adopts; each sending…
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