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House Education delays chronic-absenteeism second reading; committee weighs PCB bill differences
Summary
The committee postponed second reading on a chronic-absenteeism measure and discussed routing differences for the PCB bill, noting the Senate version delays testing while the House bill would eliminate the program entirely; the committee flagged potential conference action for the PCB measure.
The committee noted calendar changes and compared competing PCB bills.
Members said the chronic-absenteeism bill did not reach second reading because of calendar length and would be reviewed later. On PCBs, the House and Senate versions diverge substantially: the Senate draft delays five-year testing by five years and contemplates a PCB fund to pay for potential testing or settlements, while the House draft would abolish the program. Committee members said they might send the PCB bill to conference for expediency because the two versions are substantively different and emphasized that any fund created by the Senate draft would depend on future legal settlements.
No votes were taken; the committee listed the PCB bill, chronic-absenteeism, missed education items and H955 as items to track further.
