Committee adopts substitute clarifying State Board rulemaking authority

A sponsor explained that current statute is unclear about the extent of the State Board of Education’s rulemaking authority and sometimes allows the board to take on what the sponsor described as legislative roles. The first substitute to HB129 was presented to clarify that the State Board may make rules only when required by statute or when necessary to implement statutory requirements, emphasizing that rulemaking is a delegated legislative authority rather than inherent to the board.