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Education committee advances dozens of budget items but defeats youth grants and veterinary hospital measures
Summary
At its April 1 meeting, the Senate Education Committee approved multiple appropriation and policy items but rejected Senate Bill 362 (youth organization grants) after debate about eligibility language and a House roll-call, and the committee’s division vote on a $5 million veterinary teaching hospital appropriation also failed in the Senate.
The Senate Education Committee met April 1 and advanced a long list of appropriation and administrative items but declined two high-profile measures after division votes.
Senate Bill 362, billed as youth-organization grants and sponsored in the Senate by Senator Hammer, prompted sharp objections that the bill’s eligibility language could effectively steer funds to particular organizations. Representative Collins said she would vote no, arguing “targeting an organization, with these funds…is not the way we should go,” and asked for a division roll-call by chamber. Senator Hammer defended the bill as establishing grant parameters drawn from the LEARNS Act and said organizations only need to comply with existing law to access funds: “Just comply with the existing law…we have taken language that is out of the LEARNS Act,” he said.
After a House roll-cal…
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