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Committee pauses debate on bill to print school budget details on ballots after concerns about length, electioneering
Summary
The House Education Committee held an extended debate on HB 5557, a proposal to add expanded school budget information to ballots, and agreed to hold further consideration until Monday after members raised concerns about duplication, ballot length and possible electioneering.
Committee members debated House Bill 5557, which would require additional information to be printed on school budget ballots, including average cost per pupil, five-year average daily enrollment, and teacher-to-administrator ratios. Lawmakers raised concerns about length, duplication of recently enacted reporting requirements, and the potential for on-ballot information to function as electioneering.
Representative Selig said the volume of detail proposed could be “cumbersome” for ballots…
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