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Education committee advances three bills: HB 118 (as amended), HB 15, and HB 158
Summary
The House Education Committee took executive action, adding an amendment to HB 118 and passing it as amended, rejected an amendment to HB 15 but approved HB 15 as introduced, and passed HB 158 on retiree working provisions.
The House Education Committee completed executive action on three bills. For HB 118 (interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children), the committee adopted amendment HB0118.001.001 to change a $2 per-student fixed amount to a per-student amount determined by the Interstate Commission; the amendment was offered at the sponsor’s request and, by voice vote, the committee passed HB 118 as amended to the House floor.
On House Bill 15, which would apply inflationary adjustments to components of the school funding formula, Representative Romano moved amendment HB0015.001.002 seeking to fund outside the statutory 3% inflationary cap and to use recent CPI experience to 'catch up.' Committee debate focused on chronic underfunding, teacher layoffs and program cuts, and whether the Legislature should exceed the statutory cap now or rely on other bills (for example, STARS legislation) and forthcoming budget proposals. The amendment was defeated in a recorded roll-call vote (7 ayes, 8 noes). The committee then conducted a roll-call on the original HB 15 and passed the bill to the House floor.
House Bill 158, which revises working retiree provisions under the teachers’ retirement system, was moved and passed by voice vote after brief supportive discussion; members said the bill allows local options and is not mandatory.
Votes at a glance: - HB 118: Amendment HB0118.001.001 adopted (voice vote); HB 118 passed as amended to the House floor. - HB 15: Amendment HB0015.001.002 failed on roll call (7 ayes, 8 noes); HB 15 passed the committee as introduced and will go to the House floor. - HB 158: Passed by voice vote and will go to the House floor.
Procedural note: Several roll calls included proxy votes recorded in the hearing transcript; where roll-call tallies were explicitly recorded (HB 15 amendment) those counts are reported above. Other bill outcomes were recorded as 'passes' after voice votes and proxy declarations.
