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Senator briefed trustees on 2026 education bills, charter funding concerns and Healthy School Meals proposal
Summary
State Sen. Ronnie Cromer explained how prefiled bills move through subcommittees and committees and answered questions about two education bills (SB740 on outdoor activity and SB725 on restricted leave). Board members raised concerns about charter-school funding and H4339 (Healthy School Meals).
State Senator Ronnie Cromer joined the Newberry County Board of Trustees to review education legislation prefiled for 2026 and to explain the process for how bills move from prefiled status to committee hearings.
Cromer summarized legislative procedure: prefiled bills receive first reading at the desk, are assigned to relevant committees and often go first to subcommittees for public testimony. "When they are prefiled, then... each bill is assigned to the committee that it corresponds to according to the code of laws... then the chairman assigns a bill out to a subcommittee," Cromer said, noting public input…
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