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House Education committee concurs with three Senate education bills, moves them to the floor
Summary
The committee voted to concur with Senate Bills 34, 35 and 36, sending each to the House floor; committee recorded proxy votes for at least two members and designated carriers for the floor. A separate discussion touched on making reduced‑price school meals free for roughly 5,000 additional students and routing related funding to appropriations.
The House Education Committee completed executive action on three Senate bills and voted to send them to the House floor.
Vice Chair Greg moved that the committee concur with Senate Bill 34; the committee took a voice vote and recorded proxy votes (Representative Seekins Crowe and Representative Lynch were recorded voting aye by proxy). Representative Eiseley agreed to carry SB 34 to the floor.
The committee then concurred with Senate Bill 35 on a voice vote; Vice Chair Romano agreed to carry SB 35 to the floor. Finally, the committee concurred with Senate Bill 36 — the cleanup bill removing expired contingency language tied to the possible closure of a coal‑fired generating unit — and assigned Representative Thane as carrier.
The transcript records voice votes and proxy votes in each concurrence; tallies were not read aloud. During closing discussion the committee also briefly reviewed a separate proposal to eliminate reduced‑price meal co‑pays for roughly 5,000 students and noted that the funding component of that policy may warrant routing the change through the appropriations process.
Each Senate bill will proceed to the House floor with designated carriers and without recorded roll‑call tallies in the committee transcript excerpt.
