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House rejects amended online-education bill after heated late-night debate over special-education responsibilities
Summary
Lawmakers debated whether state code should clearly assign responsibility for special-education services for students in online programs. After extended floor arguments about legal liability and insufficient public vetting, the House rejected the first substitute of Senate Bill 80.
Late in the March 13 session the House debated first substitute Senate Bill 80, a package of statewide online-education amendments that drew intense floor scrutiny when sponsors inserted language clarifying which provider is responsible for special-education services for online students.
Representative Last, the floor sponsor, said the changes were intended to clarify long-standing confusion: "This makes things better for the state," he said, and argued the language came from special-education experts and would reduce legal risk to the state board.
Opponents and several members pressed for a slower…
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