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Students, public‑health advocates oppose opt‑out of statewide health standards; committee ties and lays bill over
Summary
House File 3550 would let districts substitute local health standards instead of forthcoming statewide expectations. Students, public‑health advocates and MDE staff warned that optional implementation would widen disparities; a roll‑call to place the bill on the general register failed 7–7 and the bill was laid over.
Chair Bennett presented House File 3550 as a local‑control alternative that would allow districts to opt to use locally developed health standards rather than the newly adopted statewide standards.
Several testifiers, including Jill Ferris (a member of the health standards development committee) and student advocates, urged the committee to preserve consistent statewide health standards. Ferris said thousands of public comments had been read and considered during the standards development process and argued that optional adoption would…
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