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Committee amends SB311 to align with House-passed education bill and extends concentration-of-poverty formula
Summary
Senate Bill 311 was amended to match House Bill 490 as passed: the changes remove proposed alterations to post-college and career-readiness standards, extend the concentration-of-poverty formula for three years, repeal a technology report requirement, and return expert review team funding to the blueprint; the bill moved favorable with amendments.
The Ways and Means Committee adopted amendments to Senate Bill 311 intended to place the bill in the same posture as House Bill 490 as passed by the House of Delegates, then moved SB311 favorable with amendments.
Delegate Ebersole described the package of amendments: they remove proposed changes to post-college and career-readiness standards, extend the current concentration-of-poverty formula for three years rather than one, repeal a technology-report requirement, and revert expert review team funds to the blueprint rather than directing them to the academic excellence fund. After the amendments were moved and seconded, the committee approved them and then voted favorable as amended. The transcript notes the vote followed party lines.
The transcript does not record floor-level fiscal or stakeholder testimony on these changes in this session excerpt. With the committee vote recorded favorable with amendments, the bill will proceed according to legislative rules for further consideration.
