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Committee advances bill letting CTE centers allocate member fees by use and access
Summary
House Bill 1188 received a due-pass recommendation to allow area career and technical education centers to assess member school fees based on utilization, access or geography in addition to enrollment-based membership fees.
The Senate Education Committee voted to give House Bill 1188 a due-pass recommendation after hearing testimony that the measure would let area career and technical education (CTE) centers use flexible methods to allocate operating costs among member schools.
Representative Mike Lefor, District 37, introduced the bill and said recent investment and expansion of CTE centers created situations where the current enrollment-based fee structure is unfair to small, distant districts. "Under current law, these academies are required to…
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