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Committee reviews H.480 amendments on school emergency plans and approval rules for therapeutic independent schools
Summary
Committee counsel presented amendment version 12.1 to H.480, updating emergency action-plan timing for school districts, adding 'therapeutic' to independent-school language, and inserting continued-approval language drawn from State Board of Education rule 22.24.5; staff were asked to seek confirmation from the State Board before finalizing text.
Legislative counsel on May 8 presented amendment version 12.1 to H.480 and walked committee members through several technical and substantive changes, including deadlines for school emergency action plans and language intended to preserve approval for converting therapeutic independent schools while a new application is pending with the State Board of Education.
Counsel said the amendment moves a statutory reference into the emergency operations plan chapter and that lines 8–9 of the draft “require school districts and the public schools to have an emergency action plan developed and ready for implementation beginning in the 2026–2027 school year.” Counsel also said the bill’s effective-date language was…
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