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Committee advances bill allowing up to four virtual-instruction days after severe weather
Summary
The House Calendar and Rules Committee voted to place House Bill 1138 on Monday's regular calendar after members debated whether the measure creates additional snow days or simply authorizes up to four virtual-instruction days for local education agencies following disasters.
The Calendar and Rules Committee voted Thursday to place House Bill 1138 on Monday's regular calendar after members debated whether the bill creates additional snow days or lets local education agencies use virtual instruction for up to four days following severe weather or other events that prevent students from attending in person.
Chairman White summarized the bill for the committee, saying, “It allows an an LEA, if they would desire to, to take 4 of their required hundred and 880 days if there is a tornado, a snowstorm, or somewhere, say, some of the, children could not get to school, that the LEA would set up a a…
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