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Senate committee advances application-deadline change for school choice; wider intradistrict expansion fails amid district opposition
Summary
Senators approved a bill moving the school-choice application date from May 1 to June 1 and considered a technical correction clarifying intra- and interdistrict protections; a separate proposal to broaden intradistrict choice generated heavy testimony from superintendents and failed on a roll call.
Senator Alan Clark presented S P 167 to the Senate Education Committee as an amendment that moves the school-choice application deadline from May 1 to June 1. "This moves it to when school is out," Senator Alan Clark said, explaining the change responds to superintendents' concerns that May 1 comes while school is still in session. Committee members accepted the amendment and later passed the bill.
Senator Clark also presented S B 205, which he described as a technical correction clarifying that children and families should not be penalized for using school choice whether the transfer is interdistrict or intradistrict. "This bill just clarifies what we did two years ago," Senator Clark said. The committee also passed S B 205.
The committee then…
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