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Committee advances bill letting voters refer certain school board decisions, exempts supermajority votes
Summary
The Government Operations Committee gave favorable recommendation to House Bill 408, which would permit referendums on school board decisions that lack a supermajority vote; the committee approved the bill by roll-call, sending it forward for further consideration.
Representative Shipp introduced House Bill 408 to allow referendums on certain decisions made by local school boards when those decisions are adopted without a supermajority. The bill does not change the public vote process for bonds and does not apply to personnel matters, the sponsor and supporters said.
"School boards are the only legislative body in our state that is not subject to referendums," Representative Shipp said, arguing the measure gives voters a path to weigh in on controversial local board actions that split members. The bill adds school boards to the pool of elected bodies whose actions may be…
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