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Senate Education Committee adds emergency clause, approves bill to let Air Force base schools access school construction loan fund
Summary
The Senate Education Committee amended and approved Senate Bill 2149 to allow schools on Air Force bases to be eligible for the existing school construction loan fund; the panel added an emergency clause and passed the bill 6-0 after Department of Public Instruction staff answered questions about application timing and available funds.
The Senate Education Committee on an undisclosed date amended and approved Senate Bill 2149 to allow school construction projects on Air Force bases to be eligible for the state school construction loan fund. The committee added an emergency clause to the bill and passed it, 6 yays, 0 nays.
The bill sponsor and committee members raised questions about whether adding base schools would displace other applicants and about timing for applications. Adam Tesher, School Finance Officer with the Department of Public Instruction, told the committee that application deadlines for the loan fund are April 1 and that in the April 1, 2024 round the department received six applications and “we were able to fund just over 1. The…
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