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Committee backs bill to guarantee advisers in certain college disciplinary proceedings
Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee · March 18, 2026
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Summary
Lawmakers advanced H.B. 5426 to require availability of an adviser for students in significant disciplinary proceedings; a friendly amendment broadened the triggering standard and passed by voice vote after testimony described traumatic cases.
The committee adopted, as amended, H.B. 5426 to require that students at institutions of higher education be allowed an adviser during significant disciplinary proceedings. Chair Slapp said the bill followed powerful public testimony, including from a parent who described the traumatic aftermath of a…
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