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Committee recommends due‑pass on amended bill to adjust funding and reporting for distance learning programs
Summary
The House Appropriations and Finance Committee gave a due‑pass recommendation to a substituted, amended bill that removes several restrictions on full‑time distance learning, requires school reporting and authorizes PED evaluations; an amendment averages Gallup Public Schools’ enrollment across two years to soften a projected $49 million funding cliff to roughly $23–26 million.
The House Appropriations and Finance Committee on [date] recommended a due pass for the House Education substitute to House Bill 253 as amended, adopting changes that would remove multiple prior restrictions on full‑time distance learning and add reporting and evaluation mechanisms to the state’s distance‑learning framework.
Representative Garrett, sponsor of the substitute, told the committee that the substitute “eliminates the requirement that students in a full time distance program must reside in a district” and removes a 10 percent cap on enrollment in full‑time distance programs. Garrett said the substitute also deletes a moratorium on new students enrolling in existing programs and changes the State Cyber Academy Act into a broader Distance Learning Act that creates a framework for any future statewide distance program.
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