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Senate panel approves bill shortening timeline for educator‑ethics steps while preserving appeals
Summary
The Senate Education Committee passed Senate Bill 71 as amended to clarify that PLSB staff, not the subcommittee, conducts investigations and to shorten interim deadlines from 30 to 14 days while retaining a 180‑day completion limit and existing appeal processes.
Senate Bill 71, which the Senate Education Committee passed as amended, clarifies who conducts investigations under the Professional Licensure Standards Board and shortens several intermediary response deadlines in the educator‑ethics process.
Sponsor Senator Stearch told the committee the measure aligns statute with current practice by making clear that the PLSB staff conducts investigations and that the ethics subcommittee "authorizes the investigation." He said the bill would "lower that from 30 days to 14 days each step" to avoid drawn-out investigative steps that can leave educators without clarity over the summer, while keeping…
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