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House approves cleanup of out‑of‑district student attendance rules
Summary
House Bill 250, which consolidates and clarifies statutes governing out‑of‑district student attendance, tuition and transportation responsibilities—including protections for students with disabilities—was recommended to pass by the Committee of the Whole (100–0 in recorded vote excerpt).
Representative Beatty presented House Bill 250, a consolidation and clarification of laws in Title 20 governing when and how students may attend school outside the district where they reside. The bill clarifies tuition and transportation responsibilities for a district of residence when a child has a disability, streamlines remote-instruction language for out‑of‑district students, clarifies prorated tuition for partial-year attendance, and allows trustees to deny out‑of‑district attendance when accepting a student would jeopardize accreditation or pose risks related to suspended students.
Representative Beatty described the existing statutory framework as complex and said the bill simplifies reporting requirements, remote-instruction provisions and tuition responsibilities for nonoperating districts. The bill also clarifies transportation responsibilities, which previously were scattered across statute.
The Committee of the Whole recorded a vote recommending the bill do pass; the clerk reported 100 ayes in the recorded excerpt. The bill was advanced on second reading and will proceed through regular legislative processes for education measures.
