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Committee adopts amendment and sends SB 15-38 (education nondiscrimination/admissions) to the floor
Summary
The committee approved the Dash‑7 amendment to Senate Bill 15‑38 and voted to send the bill to the Senate floor with a 'do pass' recommendation. The bill revises educational nondiscrimination/admissions provisions, narrows required admissions language to instructional programs, and requires districts to distribute model policies to employees.
The Senate Committee on Education moved Senate Bill 15‑38 out of committee on Feb. 10 after adopting a Dash‑7 amendment that narrowed certain admissions requirements to instructional programs and adjusted model-policy and district-adoption language.
Staff summarized the bill as creating a protected class in educational anti-discrimination law, guaranteeing admission to district instructional programs and requiring the Department of Justice to update model policies for districts. The Dash‑7 amendment further limited the admissions requirement to instructional programs, provided exceptions for state-regulated foreign-exchange situations, and changed certain adoption and consultation provisions for model policies.
Vice Chair moved the amendment and it was adopted after discussion about local control and administrative workload. The committee then voted by roll call to send SB 15‑38, as amended, to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation. Roll-call tallies read during the hearing recorded: Senator Garabasil — Aye; Senator Robinson — No; Senator Sullivan — Aye; Vice Chair Weber — Aye; Chair Frederick — Yes. The chair announced the motion passed and that he would carry the bill to the floor.
The bill is scheduled for consideration on the Senate floor with the committee’s due-pass recommendation.
