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Senate education committee deadlocks on bill allowing model contracts for schools; HB255 fails
Summary
The Senate Education and Cultural Resources Committee voted 7–7 on House Bill 255, which would have allowed districts to satisfy certain contracting obligations by adopting model contracts from public or private consortia; the tie meant the committee did not concur and the bill failed.
House Bill 255, which would have permitted school districts to meet certain contracting obligations by executing a model contract approved by a public or private consortium, failed in the Senate Education and Cultural Resources Committee after a 7–7 roll-call tie.
Mr. McCracken summarized HB 255 as carried by Representative Carter. An unidentified member moved the committee to concur. Senator Olson said she would support the bill but urged further work to strengthen online student data protections after an opponent argued more could be done. Senator Emmerich said he opposed the bill because model contracts are often written by third parties and are not adequate for public contracting.
The committee held a roll-call vote that produced a 7–7 split; under committee practice that resulted in the bill failing to be concurred in. No amendment was adopted prior to the vote, and committee members signaled a desire for further work on data-security provisions in future sessions.
The committee then proceeded to other items on the agenda and moved on to executive action for other bills.
