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House debates $1.5M proposal to reimburse districts for verified school fee waivers; bill circled for further work
Summary
HB 68 would create a $1.5 million dedicated fund to reimburse districts up to $40 per verified fee waiver and strengthen fee reporting. Lawmakers debated equity, whether districts should pay, and whether the measure would encourage more waivers; the bill was amended to route funds to the schools that granted fee waivers and then circled for further discussion.
Lawmakers on Friday debated House Bill 68, which would create a $1.5 million dedicated fund at the State Office of Education to reimburse school districts for verified student fee waivers and require additional reporting on fees.
Sponsor Representative Luana Shurtleff described a long history of fee waiver concerns, saying some schools have lost tens of thousands of dollars to waivers and that verified waivers require documentation. The…
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