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Committee holds bill that would loosen school community council composition rules in some rural counties
Summary
Lawmakers held HB 144 after concerns that exceptions for parents employed elsewhere in a district could reduce parent oversight; sponsor said the substitute narrows the change to fourth–sixth class counties and preserves elections and reporting roles on filtering. The committee agreed to hold the bill to work through concerns.
Representative Tracy Miller presented HB 144 as cleanup language to clarify school community councils’ role in reviewing technology filtering and to provide an exception in low‑population counties for the requirement that parent members outnumber educators. Miller said the changes respond to rural councils that…
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