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House committee approves HB1004 with array of education amendments, restores AED language

House Education Committee · January 21, 2026
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The House Education Committee voted 10–1 to pass HB1004 as amended after debating multiple changes affecting school board meeting locations, curricular language, excused absences, adjunct-teacher reporting and AED requirements; several contested amendments failed on roll-call votes.

The House Education Committee on the morning called HB1004 up for amendment and final passage, approving the bill as amended by a 10–1 roll-call vote.

Chair (speaker 1) opened the session by listing a series of proposed amendments to HB1004. Among the measures taken by consent were a change allowing two merging school districts to hold joint board meetings within either corporation’s boundaries (Amendment 5), a technical correction offered by the department (Amendment 25), and language broadening curricular references from remediation to “remediation or enrichment” (Amendment 23).

The committee restored prior…

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