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House Education Committee advances five bills to the House floor during executive action
Summary
During executive action the committee removed HB 153 from the table, adopted amendments, and advanced HB 153, HB 250, HB 260, HB 251 and HB 255 to the House floor; HB 251 passed on a roll call (12–3).
The Montana House Education Committee conducted executive action after hearings and advanced five bills to the House floor during the meeting’s executive session.
Key outcomes recorded in the transcript:
- House Bill 153: Committee removed the bill from the table, adopted an amendment package (including changes to interim commission composition and a working-group membership requirement), and the committee voted to pass HB 153 as twice amended. Outcome: advanced to House floor (do pass, twice amended). Motion to remove and subsequent motion to pass were made on the record; final disposition in the transcript: “House Bill 153 passes to the House floor.”
- House Bill 250: Described in staff summary as “an act to generally revise education laws related to out-of-district attendance,” the committee voted by voice vote to advance HB 250 to the floor. Outcome: advanced to House floor (do pass). Members discussed transportation responsibilities for special‑education students and statutory interaction with school-transportation definitions.
- House Bill 260: The committee voted by voice to advance HB 260, which would increase stipends for teachers holding National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification and provide for annual adjustments. Outcome: advanced to House floor (do pass).
- House Bill 251: A roll-call vote was recorded for HB 251 (charter school statutory revisions). The clerk called members and the transcript captured answers; the clerk reported a tally of 12 aye and 3 no. Outcome: advanced to House floor (do pass; roll-call tally 12–3).
- House Bill 255: The committee voted by voice to advance HB 255, an act to revise online data-privacy provisions for pupil records and permit use of model contracts approved by private or public consortia. Outcome: advanced to House floor (do pass).
Where recorded, vote tallies are reported above. Several actions were voice votes and no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript. The committee adjourned after concluding executive action.
