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House Education committee approves HB151, tables HB51 and HB138 after debate
Summary
The committee adopted an amendment and passed House Bill 151 (eligibility changes for educational sign-language interpreters and recruitment/retention provisions) to the House floor, then voted to table House Bill 51 (teacher-retirement contribution changes) and House Bill 138 (changes to superintendent powers).
After caucus the House Education Committee moved to executive action on three bills.
House Bill 151: Committee approval — Laura (committee staff) summarized HB151 (sponsored by Representative Keogh) as a bill revising education recruitment and retention rules, amending provisions for the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind, and making educational sign-language interpreters eligible for the quality educator payment and the Quality Educator Loan Assistance Program. A sponsor-drafted amendment (adding statutory cross-reference language) was described by committee staff and adopted by voice vote. The committee then voted by voice to pass House Bill 151 as amended; the clerk recorded the bill as passed to the House floor.
House Bill 51:…
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