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Committee hears testimony on fix to foster-care school pilot; bill would shift grants to districts
Summary
A bill to modify a 2024 foster-care pilot would change grant recipients from named individual schools to school districts, extend the pilot timeline and (in earlier version) included DHS; supporters said the change is technical but necessary to ensure money reaches students.
The House Education Committee on March 19 opened a public hearing on House Bill 3,449, a bill that sponsors described as a technical fix to a foster-care support pilot enacted in 2024.
Representative Paul McLean (Representative McLean presented the bill) and Elise Brown of Anthony's Circle testified that House Bill 3,449 would change grant recipients from specific named schools to the school districts that operate them, limit the pilot to middle and high schools, extend the pilot timeline to Jan. 2, 2028, and require the State Board of Education to review any rules the State Board adopted for the pilot with the Department of Human Services. The…
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