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Senate Education committee sends House Bill 224 to the floor after agreeing to clarify background‑check and emergency‑plan requirements
Summary
The Idaho Senate Education Committee voted Wednesday to send House Bill 224 to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation; the bill clarifies background‑check and emergency‑plan duties for school districts.
The Idaho Senate Education Committee voted Wednesday to send House Bill 224 to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation after a brief presentation and questions about scope.
Representative Chris Mathias (R‑District 19) told the committee HB224 is a housekeeping bill that clarifies an existing statute (subsection 16) in three respects: (1) require school districts to maintain background‑check systems covering any person with unsupervised contact with students (rather than relying only…
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