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Senate committee forwards House Bill 175 to floor after changes to Advanced Opportunity program
Summary
A Senate committee voted to send House Bill 175 as amended to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after sponsors outlined changes to the Advanced Opportunity program to expand homeschool access, permit multiple college-entrance-test attempts and make technical alignment changes.
A Senate committee voted to send House Bill 175 as amended to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation after hearing from Sen. Janie Ward Engle King, District 18, who described changes to the state's Advanced Opportunity program.
Sen. Janie Ward Engle King, District 18, told the committee the bill would give homeschool students a direct pathway to access Opportunity Scholarship funds through community colleges, clarify that students may take college entrance exams more than once, and make technical adjustments to better align administration across public and private programs. "This is just to make sure those advanced opportunities are putting them on a pathway to a career," she said.
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