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Senate advances multiple divorce-education measures amid debate over curriculum and funding
Summary
Senators debated and advanced a slate of bills and amendments intended to expand divorce education and mediation, with floor opponents urging guaranteed funding for indigent participants and proponents pushing fee-based, locally flexible models.
Several bills addressing divorce education and related services dominated floor debate on Jan. 31 as senators wrestled with program design, funding and judicial discretion.
Senate Bill 51 (expansion of a divorce mediation pilot) was advanced on third reading after sponsors touted results from pilot districts: "90 percent of the parents who went through the program reported...they now understand why it is important to do so," the sponsor said, and several senators supported moving the bill forward.
Senate Bill 50 — a proposal to create a statewide mandatory divorce-education program for divorcing parents — prompted extended discussion and multiple…
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