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Senate Education Committee advances bill to expand 10-year school funding study and restore public members
Summary
The committee amended and passed House Bill 153 to broaden Montana27s decennial school funding study to include a working group on excellence and innovation, revise appointments and membership, and provide a small appropriation to start work before July 1; the committee vote was 9-5.
The Senate Education Committee voted to pass House Bill 153, which expands Montana27s decennial study of school funding to create a working group on excellence and innovation in education and revises the commission27s membership and appointment timing.
Mister McCracken, committee staff, told senators the bill "expands the focus of the upcoming decennial study to include a working group on excellence and innovation in education" and provides a small appropriation "to allow the commission to begin its work in this…
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