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Committee advances bill on intra‑district transfers after debate over private‑school transfers and manifest‑hardship rules
Summary
The Senate Education Committee advanced Senate Bill 97 after clarifying how the proposed intra‑district transfer requirements interact with existing state law on best‑interest and manifest educational‑hardship reassignments.
The Senate Education Committee advanced Senate Bill 97 after detailed discussion about how the proposed transfer rules interact with existing law that governs reassignment for a student's best interest or manifest educational hardship.
SB 97 would let a parent or guardian apply to a student's superintendent to change the student's school assignment to another public school, public academy, or an approved private school within the district and would require school boards to adopt policies addressing instances where requests exceed school capacity.…
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