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House concurs with Senate on student-club amendments; debate centers on parental consent and local control
Summary
After extended debate about whether student-club rules should be set at the state or local level, the House concurred with Senate amendments to House Bill 236 to require parental-consent processes and revised notices; concurrence and final passage were recorded the same day.
Representative Tilton explained floor changes to House Bill 236 (fourth substitute), which had returned to the House after Senate amendments. Key changes included restoring some procedural steps, changing advance notice of handouts from seven days to requiring material to be presented within 24 hours after a club has met, and establishing a statewide parental-consent and appeals process.
Opponents argued the measure impermissibly elevates local-school…
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