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