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Committee OKs bill encouraging schools to facilitate Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts access
Summary
The House Education Committee advanced HB 198, a short bill urging schools to allow Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to engage students for civic education, with principals retaining discretion over timing and access.
The House Education Committee advanced HB 198 on a voice vote after a brief presentation from the bill's sponsor, Representative Chastain. The bill, filed as LC620116S, lists the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts among organizations identified in Title 36 of the U.S. Code as "patriotic societies" and asks schools to facilitate those groups' access to students for programs that encourage civic education.
Representative Chastain said the measure "is really about just trying to encourage some the schools to…
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