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House committee tables bill to rewrite basic school funding definition
Summary
Lawmakers debated Senate Bill 215, which would revise Montana’s definition of the basic system for free public elementary and secondary schools, but members said the measure was unfocused and deferred action by tabling it after a 2–13 roll-call vote against concurrence.
House Education Committee members tabled Senate Bill 215 after debate over whether the bill is the right vehicle to overhaul school funding.
Laura (committee staff) summarized SB215 as an act ‘‘to revise school funding laws related to the definition of the basic system of free quality public elementary and secondary schools.’’ Vice Chair Greg moved concurrence, but during…
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