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Committee approves amendments to let homeschool students access career-technical programs when seats are available

Finance and Taxation Education Committee · March 4, 2026
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Summary

Representative Dubose’s House Bill 183 was amended to give in-district public-school students priority for career-technical seats and to define homeschool students; senators raised concerns about fiscal flow and disciplinary oversight before reporting the bill favorably 14–1.

Representative Dubose introduced House Bill 183 to allow homeschool students access to career-technical (career-tech) programs when there is space; districts would set the policies and public-school students would have priority for available seats.

The committee adopted two amendments. The superintendent association amendment gives first priority to students who reside in the district where the…

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