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Committee pares back accountability bill, adds higher-education and charter-school representation
Summary
House Bill 604 was amended to focus on an accountability council and to add the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, the Public Charter School Association and the Business Education Alliance to the task force; the committee gave the bill a favorable report by voice vote.
The House Education Policy Committee gave House Bill 604 a favorable report after amending the bill to focus its scope on an accountability council and to add several stakeholders to that council.
Chairwoman Collins described the bill as “a very extreme revision” that narrows the measure to an accountability council charged with reviewing current data and…
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