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Senate files bill that would have limited parent-employee hours on school community councils
Summary
After floor amendments narrowed the proposed limit, Senate Bill 49 — which would have treated parents who work a small number of hours at a school as employees for community council representation — failed to advance and was filed after a close recorded vote.
Senators debated whether parents who work small, regular shifts at a school should count as employees for the purpose of school community council membership, and after an amendment to change the threshold to an average of six hours per week the chamber voted 13–12 with four absent to file the bill.
Senator Maine, the bill sponsor, described the change as a narrow, technical fix driven by parent groups. He told colleagues the amendment would make…
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