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Rules committee advances conference report covering K‑12 and higher‑education technical and policy provisions
Summary
House Bill 15‑15, a broad higher‑education and K‑12 package, advanced after the Rules Committee reviewed a conference report that restores some Senate amendments, adds pilot programs, clarifies collective bargaining, and requires new reporting and planning steps for virtual programs and sudden cardiac arrest response.
Representative Behning told the committee that the conference report for House Bill 15‑15 covers higher‑education and K‑12 matters and is his final presentation to the committee. He summarized key insertions and restorations: the Senate restored language permitting non‑accredited nonpublic schools to form police departments; language from House Bill 10‑49 embedding a county deputy public defender scholarship fund (restricted to private philanthropy and not general‑assembly appropriations); and language from other bills creating pilot programs for centralized school…
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