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House Education committee discusses school construction language, timing for Bill 129
Summary
Members of the House Education Committee on Feb. 27, 2025 debated whether to gather more testimony or begin deciding on school construction policy language tied to Bill 129, and discussed financing, oversight, modular construction and possible insertion into a larger transformation bill. No formal votes were recorded in the transcript excerpt.
House Education Committee members met on Feb. 27, 2025, to discuss next steps on school construction policy and Bill 129, weighing whether to take more testimony or begin drafting final language and how to handle timing and funding.
The committee chair (unnamed) said the panel controls which bills are scheduled and asked members to bring forward requests for taking up specific measures, noting in the meeting that “I sort of control the the wall and what we take up.” The chair and other members stressed funding as the central unresolved issue, and members debated whether to seek additional testimony or move toward decisions and drafting.
Why it matters: school construction funding affects when and whether districts can replace or…
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