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Committee clears substitute bill on release-time courses with background checks and liability protections
Summary
The House Education Committee advanced a substituted version of House Bill 133 removing it from the table and adding permissive local adoption language, criminal records checks for release-time instructors, and a liability protection for school officials when private transportation is used.
The House Education Committee removed House Bill 133 from the table, considered a substitute (LC492330S), and advanced the revised measure that makes several changes to statutes governing release-time courses for students.
The substitute changes include: replacing mandatory language with permissive language (local education agencies “may” adopt release-time policies rather than “shall”); adding a requirement that policies include…
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