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House committee backs funding bump for sixth graders, adds middle-school CTE requirement
Summary
House Bill 339, sponsored on the floor by Representative Romano, won committee approval in the Committee of the Whole and was recommended for passage after debate over funding estimates and program details.
House Bill 339, sponsored on the floor by Representative Romano, won committee approval in the Committee of the Whole and was recommended for passage after debate over funding estimates and program details.
The bill would revise school funding law so that sixth graders in accredited middle school or junior high programs are funded at the midpoint between elementary A/B rates and high-school A/B rates. It also adds a requirement that the additional funds be used to expand career and technical education (CTE) opportunities for grades 6 through 8.
Representative Romano, the bill sponsor, told the committee the current funding…
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