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Senate Education Committee advances four bills; three amend school funding law
Summary
The Senate Education Committee conducted executive action and approved four bills by voice vote. Senate bills 35–37—authored or introduced by Senator Emmerich—clarify school funding and enrollment calculations; all four measures passed unanimously on voice votes with some members recorded by proxy.
The Montana Senate Education Committee voted to advance four bills during executive action, approving Senate bills 34, 35, 36 and 37 by voice vote.
The action matters because three of the measures (Senate bills 35–37) make technical changes to school funding and enrollment calculations that could affect how district general fund budgets are computed and how state aid is allocated. The committee recorded proxy votes for members who were excused from the hearing.
Senate Bill 34 was moved and approved without discussion. Committee members used a voice vote; the committee recorded proxies for absent members. Senate Bill 35, introduced by Senator Emmerich, was described in the committee as "enacting revisions to clarify the funding and enrollment counts for a child participating in an early literacy program." Senate Bill 36 was described as "revising school funding laws to remove…
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