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Committee clears a package of smaller education bills, including vaccine‑exemption transparency and alternatives for expelled students
Summary
The committee approved a series of bills by voice vote: reporting of school vaccine‑exemption counts (no names), language requiring districts to provide alternative education for expelled/suspended students, provisional university positions for grant‑funded research, and changes to educator professional development rules.
The Senate Education Committee disposed of a package of smaller items and technical bills by voice vote.
Representative Justin Boyd's House Bill 1786 would require schools to publish the number and percentage of vaccine exemptions at each school (not individual names) to increase transparency;…
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