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Senate Education committee concurs with HB158 and HB260, deadlocks then tables HB262
Summary
The Senate Education Committee approved concurrence on HB158 (reemploying retired teachers) and HB260 (repricing national-board stipends) and deadlocked 7–7 on HB262 (science-based reading policy), after which the committee voted to table HB262. Proxies were used on voice votes.
The Senate Education Committee met to take executive action on three House bills. Vice Chair Temple moved concurrence on House Bill 158, which extends the period retired teachers may be reemployed from three to five years and includes sunset extensions. Committee counsel summarized the measure and members questioned the fiscal note; the fiscal summary showed $33,182 per year. A voice vote—with proxies assumed aye—carried concurrence for HB158.
The committee then concurred in House Bill 260, which changes the stipend for National Board–certified teachers from a fixed amount to one tied to the quality educator payment so it adjusts with inflation. The bill passed the committee on a voice vote; Senator Beard was recorded as a no.
On House Bill 262, a policy statement about science- and evidence-based reading instruction, senators debated whether the legislature should set reading-policy language or leave it to the Board of Public Education and the Office of Public Instruction. The committee conducted a roll call; the result was a 7–7 tie, and the bill failed to pass the committee. A subsequent motion to table HB262 passed by voice vote with proxies assumed aye.
The committee's formal actions recorded the following outcomes: HB158—concurrence approved (voice vote, proxies counted); HB260—concurrence approved (voice vote; one recorded no); HB262—roll call tie (7 yes, 7 no) resulted in failure to pass; motion to table HB262 approved (voice vote).
