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Committee approves House Bill 44, returns RS 32016 to sponsor; routine minutes approved
Summary
The House Education Committee approved a due-pass recommendation for House Bill 44 (school bullying reporting and notification procedures), returned RS 32016 to its sponsor for revision, and approved minutes. The committee recorded no roll-call tallies in committee for those actions.
The Idaho House Education Committee on Jan. 23 took formal action on two legislative items and approved the meeting minutes.
House Bill 44: The committee voted to send House Bill 44 to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation. Representative Garner moved the measure; the committee approved the motion by voice vote ("Aye;" no roll-call tally was recorded on the transcript). Representative Mathias explained the bill narrows earlier draft language so requirements apply to serious harassment, intimidation and bullying incidents that result in suspension and requires districts to include reporting procedures in policy; the bill also allows law enforcement notification when conduct may violate criminal law.
RS 32016: Representative Chris Mathias presented RS 32016, a statutory language cleanup aimed at giving school boards authority to deny enrollment to students who have been disenrolled in lieu of discipline or otherwise denied enrollment for conduct that jeopardizes health or safety. After committee discussion and several suggested edits, the committee voted to return RS 32016 to the sponsor so the sponsor can revise the draft language. Representative Nelson made the motion to return the RS; the committee approved that motion by voice vote.
Approval of minutes: At the start of the Jan. 23 meeting, the committee approved the minutes for the prior meetings after a motion to approve (the motion was carried by voice vote; transcript does not record a roll-call tally).
What the committee recorded in the transcript: The committee used voice votes for these actions; the transcript reports the procedural outcomes (motions carried) but does not include member-by-member roll-call tallies in the committee record included in the transcript.
Next steps: RS 32016 will be revised by the sponsor and may return for committee consideration; House Bill 44 will proceed to the House floor as a due-pass recommendation.
