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Committee advances bill to ease school enrollment for military families
Summary
The subcommittee voted to send House Bill 1725 to full education after sponsor Rep. Mayberry said the measure would let military families enroll students in the school where they expect to reside and provide time to verify orders, reducing repeated moves for children.
The Education Administration Subcommittee voted to advance House Bill 1725 to full education, a measure Rep. Mayberry (S3) said is intended to ease enrollment disruptions for military families. Mayberry told the committee the bill would allow service-member families to enroll a child in the school they expect to occupy and provide up to a year to verify the move, helping avoid repeated school transfers.
Members raised timing and verification questions about the proposal. Chairman Sopiki (S4) asked why the bill allows a year to present military orders, saying "Those orders come before they move... Why would we give a year to present the orders that put them in the district to begin with?" Mayberry responded that the language was developed with input from the Department of Defense and that the committee could address timing if it appears to be an oversight. The committee then recorded a vote of 6 ayes, 0 nays to report the bill out to full education.
