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Committee backs bill to let schools join state credit-card processing contract

Government Operations Interim Committee · October 15, 2025
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Summary

The Government Operations Interim Committee unanimously recommended the credit card processing fee amendments, a committee bill intended to allow public K–12 schools and institutions of higher education to participate in the state—s credit-card processing contract and to recover merchant processing costs.

The Government Operations Interim Committee unanimously recommended a committee bill that would let public schools and institutions of higher education participate in the state—s credit-card processing contract and recover electronic payment fees.

Thomas Vaughn of the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, the drafter, told the committee the…

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