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Committee advances bill to create 'advanced opportunity facilitators' with permissive funding option

House Education Committee · April 7, 2025
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Summary

Lawmakers amended Senate Bill 278 to coordinate it with the STARS Act and clarified that districts must spend at least 75% of advanced opportunity aid on student out-of-pocket costs; up to 25% may be used to pay a facilitator. The bill, as amended, advanced to the floor.

The House Education Committee advanced Senate Bill 278, which creates a definition and framework for "advanced opportunity facilitators" and coordinates its language with the STARS Act.

Committee staff said the amendment is technical: it coordinates the subsection outlining in SB278 with House Bill 252 (the STARS Act) to ensure consistent codification. "This just puts in there, what the correct outlining would be so that the…

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