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GovOps panel backs rules pathway for Education Freedom Scholarship bill
Summary
The House Government Operations Committee voted to give House Bill 6004 a positive recommendation, sending it to finance, ways and means after sponsors and members discussed which agencies would promulgate rules for the Education Freedom Scholarship program and how those rules must comply with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act.
The House Government Operations Committee voted to give House Bill 6004 a positive recommendation on a roll-call vote, sending the measure to the Finance, Ways and Means Committee after members focused on which state bodies would promulgate rules for the proposed Education Freedom Scholarship program.
Representative Leader Lambert, the bill’s sponsor in this committee, told members the measure assigns much of the rulemaking responsibility to the State Board of Education and clarifies that the state treasurer “is not required to promulgate rules to effectuate the requirements of e 1 e,” though the treasurer “may promulgate rules to effectuate the purposes of the E 1” and, if so, must follow the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act.
Why it matters: The exchanges focused narrowly on which agencies would write procedures that govern private-school participation, student eligibility and testing standards. That determines…
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