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Senate rejects substitute then advances student-club bill after debate over limits and parental involvement
Summary
Senators debated substitute language for HB 236 that would limit reasons schools may refuse student clubs while preserving parental-notification rules; a substitute motion failed but the measure was advanced for third reading (20–8).
Senators engaged in lengthier debate over House Bill 236, a bill governing school-authorized student clubs and the conditions under which schools may deny authorization.
Senator McCoy (floor mover of the sixth substitute) described the sixth substitute as a compromise that preserves a limitations section — prohibiting clubs that promote criminal conduct, bigotry or sexualized activity — while removing many procedural burdens that had drawn criticism. “So, basically, what you have is you have all of those limitations still in there… and parental notification,” McCoy said, arguing the…
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