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Committee narrows school construction policy language; agrees to keep a concise overarching statement
Summary
Senators cautioned against over‑specifying school construction policy in the bill’s statement of intent and agreed to keep the opening sentence on modernizing infrastructure while removing prescriptive language that could constrain future rulemaking.
During markup of H.454 draft 4.1, committee members debated a proposed statement of policy about school construction and the modernization and reuse of existing infrastructure. Some lawmakers recommended keeping a short, high‑level sentence about encouraging efficient use of public funds to modernize school infrastructure and removing more detailed prescriptions that could constrain rulemaking by the Agency of Education.
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