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House rejects pilot education savings‑account bill after debate over cost and complexity
Summary
Lawmakers debated House Bill 123, a two‑year pilot that would deposit $6,400 into accounts for up to 500 juniors and seniors to assemble custom public high‑school experiences; questions about funding, course valuation, and administrative burden led to its defeat, 26‑46.
Representative Dougal moved to bring first substitute House Bill 123 to the floor and framed it as a two‑year pilot program that would place $6,400 into an educational savings account for up to 500 11th‑ and 12th‑grade students to spend on public high‑school options across districts, charter schools, concurrent‑enrollment courses and applied‑technology programs. Dougal said the design would let students and parents "mix and match their public education experience" and that unused savings…
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