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Committee approves amendments and advances House Bill 2320 on foster-care student transfers

Committee on K-12 Education Budget · February 16, 2026
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Summary

The Committee on K-12 Education Budget tightened language and defined 'business day' for a two-business-day transfer timeline in House Bill 2320, approved technical statutory updates, and voted the bill favorably out of committee.

The Committee on K-12 Education Budget voted to pass House Bill 2320 out of committee after adopting amendments that clarify timing and statutory language for foster-care student transfers.

Chair introduced an amendment drawn from testimony of the Office of Child Advocate to tighten the bill's timing language. The chair said the bill should read, "following the best interest determination conducted pursuant to federal and state law and policies procedures manual," to…

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