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Superintendent staff brief board on nearly 300 education bills; highlights funding and health requirements
Summary
Division staff presented a digest of nearly 300 General Assembly education bills, noting potential effects on budgets, assessment timelines, health and safety requirements (heat-illness notifications, cardiac emergency plans, bleeding-control kits) and new options such as online driver-education classroom instruction.
Division staff gave the board a broad legislative update on the March 11 meeting, reporting that the 2025 General Assembly considered close to 300 education-related measures and that the governor has until March 25 to act on bills.
"We tracked close to almost 300 bills education related," Mr. Smith said during the board presentation. Staff highlighted several items with likely operational impact: budget provisions that do not require local matches for instructional positions in this funding package; continued funding for a support cap established after the 2008…
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