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Legislative liaison briefs board on bills affecting schools, from School Choice to nurse funding
Summary
Johnny Coffman, the board’s legislative liaison, outlined a list of state legislative items of interest to the district, including drone rules, container searches, funding for school nurses, the School Choice Act/Education Freedom Scholarship Program, HB 1711 on immigration reporting, and HB 2485/SB 2385 concerning economically disadvantaged students and TISA.
During the Feb. 9 meeting, board member Johnny Coffman, serving as the district’s legislative liaison, provided an update on pending state legislation and other matters the board is monitoring. Items Coffman listed included drone usage on school properties; proposals concerning searches of students’, staff and visitors’ containers; proposed funding for school nurses; the School Choice Act/Education Freedom Scholarship Program; maintenance-of-effort (MOE) legislation; proposals allowing lotteries for fundraising; SpEd PreK funding; HB 1711 regarding immigration reporting; the election of school superintendents; and HB 2485/SB 2385 dealing with economically disadvantaged students and TISA.
The minutes record Coffman’s list of topics; no motions or votes on legislative positions were recorded during the meeting. The update was presented as information for the board and staff to monitor for potential impacts to district policy and operations.
