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Board told vouchers expected to reach vote this week; member cites $1 billion five-year cost estimate
Summary
The board’s legislative liaison reported that a voucher bill was expected to be voted on this week; board member Mister Dunn warned it could cost more than $1 billion over five years and encouraged contact with state legislators.
During the reports section, the board’s legislative liaison (participating by video) told members that a voucher measure was expected to come up for a vote this week and that the governor had indicated a desire to wrap the session up by week’s end. The liaison said the governor appeared to have the votes to move it quickly.
Board member Mister Dunn said, as summarized in the liaison’s remarks, that over the next five years the voucher measure would cost in excess of $1,000,000,000 ("a billion with a b," as recorded in the transcript). The liaison encouraged board members and others to contact legislators if they wished to express a view before the vote.
The statement was delivered as a legislative update; the board did not take a formal position in the meeting minutes recorded in the transcript.
