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Legislative liaison flags potential impacts of voucher expansion, busing and testing bills
Summary
Legislative liaison Michelle Childs warned the board about multiple state bills — including proposals affecting open enrollment, busing rules, voucher/ESA expansion and a pilot to reduce testing — and said fiscal notes and details remain a "moving target." The board asked for follow-up on hold-harmless funding and fiscal impacts.
Michelle Childs, the district’s legislative liaison, briefed the board on a string of bills under consideration at the state level that could affect Lakeland’s operations and finances.
Childs reported that HB 349 (an open-enrollment proposal that would have mandated space availability for out-of-district students) failed in the education subcommittee. She said a busing-related measure (HB 1818) that would dictate zoning for optional busing is up in the Finance, Ways and Means subcommittee and described it as an unfunded mandate for districts that choose a…
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