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Senate Education Committee votes to print RS31894, a cleanup bill addressing school board meeting comments
Summary
Sen. Cindy Carlson presented RS31894, described as a cleanup to last year's school board public-comment provisions; the committee voted to print the request for a bill (RS31894) after brief discussion and concern from one senator about potential effects on public comment.
Sen. Cindy Carlson presented RS31894 to the Senate Education Committee as a cleanup to last year's legislation that put parameters on public comment at school board meetings. Carlson said the draft would "remove a sentence of the bill to clear it up."
After Carlson introduced RS31894, a senator expressed concern that removing the sentence "we go back to maybe a free for all," and suggested further discussion. Carlson and another senator said they were willing to have that discussion and move the RS forward for printing. Senator Woodward moved that the committee print RS31894; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
Committee action at the meeting was limited to printing the RS for drafting and further consideration; the print action does not itself change law. Senator Carlson said the intent was to clarify the prior year's language so members and the public could better understand how public comment and agenda placement interact.
