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Committee weighs correction to interdistrict choice law as school boards warn of costs
Summary
SB 579 would clarify that School Administrative Units are included in interdistrict choice. Sponsors say it corrects drafting errors; school boards warn the provision could create unanticipated tuition costs and equity issues if interpreted as open enrollment within SAUs.
Senators reviewed SB 579 on Feb. 25 as prime sponsor Senator Victoria Sullivan described the bill as a technical correction intended to include School Administrative Units (SAUs) in last year’s interdistrict school choice statute.
Sullivan said the earlier law did not clearly allow families who reside within an SAU to use interdistrict choice and that the bill would restore the original intent so families within the same SAU…
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