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Committee advances narrow emergency relief for small district under LEARNS law
Summary
Lawmakers debated House Bill 15O4, which includes an emergency clause to give a small, isolated district immediate access to provisions in the LEARNS Act after the state board placed it at level 5; committee approved a do-pass recommendation after supporters said delay could force annexation.
Lawmakers considered House Bill 15O4 to provide immediate statutory relief for a narrow set of circumstances affecting a geographically isolated school district repeatedly referred to in testimony as Marvel/Marble (and communities such as Elaine and Snow Lake).
A sponsor said the measure "has an emergency clause, and the reason it has an…
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