Lawmakers press committee on charter-school leases and off-site infrastructure; ask staff to draft bills
Committee members raised equity concerns about privately developed charter schools whose lease payments the state may fund, and discussed repeated off-site infrastructure costs tied to school siting. Senators and representatives voted to request a bill draft to make the 135% allowable square-footage rule permanent and to remove virtual students from that calculation; they also asked staff to explore infrastructure-coordination statutory language.
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Lawmakers at the School Facilities Select Committee meeting pressed state staff Tuesday for clearer rules and earlier coordination on charter-school leasing and on local infrastructure demands that can sharply increase the cost of building public schools.
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