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State voucher, open‑enrollment bills flagged by Brentwood budget and school officials
Summary
Committee members and a state representative discussed two education bills — an open‑enrollment bill (HB 741) and voucher‑expansion language included in the biennial budget (HB 2) — and the uncertainty over who pays for expanded vouchers and the potential budgetary effect on sending and receiving school districts.
Representative Eric (state representative) briefed the Budget Committee on recent education legislation under consideration in Concord, including HB 741 (open enrollment) and proposals to expand voucher eligibility that were later tied into the biennial budget (HB 2).
Eric said HB 741 (open enrollment) had passed the House and was in the Senate. He explained the voucher‑expansion measures passed the House and were included in HB 2 — the budget and…
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