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Senate passes education conference report after narrow votes and disputes over medical-school grading and private-school police
Summary
The Senate adopted the conference committee report for House Bill 1515, a multi-part education bill that includes pilot programs, scholarship-program language, new local education coordination in Indianapolis, and controversial language creating a merit-based A–F evaluation for certain health education programs including medical schools.
The Senate approved the conference committee report for House Bill 1515 after debate over several education measures that had been consolidated into the conference report, including pilot programs, scholarship fund language and a contentious provision affecting medical school grading and clinical evaluation systems.
Senator Buchanan presented the report and summarized its components: authorization for accredited nonpublic schools to develop police forces; establishment (but not funding) of a county deputy prosecuting attorney and public defender…
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