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Committee hears support and implementation concerns for bill easing school enrollment for military families
Summary
At a public hearing, supporters—including students, school psychologists and military advocates—backed Senate Bill 6,277 to extend residency timelines and speed special‑education record transfers for military families; superintendents flagged potential district costs from accelerated IEP timelines.
Chair Wellman opened the Early Learning and K‑12 Education Committee and invited testimony on Senate Bill 6,277, a measure aimed at promoting educational stability for children of military families.
Committee staff summarized the bill's key changes: remove an active‑duty residency requirement so families transferring to installations in bordering states or moving for military exigencies can meet enrollment residency rules; extend the deadline to provide proof of residency from 14 days to 90 days; permit conditional electronic applications before families arrive; require districts to accept the transfer of IEP and 504 records and provide appropriate services without unreasonable delay; permit reevaluations, with parental consent, within 30 days if deemed necessary; and clarify that nonresident…
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