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Subcommittee extends education study committee; HB 2011 advances to full education committee
Summary
The K-12 Subcommittee approved House Bill 2011 to extend a study committee on education innovations so it can meet once more and finalize recommendations; the bill passed on an 8-0 recorded voice vote and advances to full education.
House Bill 2011, sponsored by Chairman White and Leader Cochran, was approved by the K-12 Subcommittee and will advance to the full education committee.
Leader Cochran told the subcommittee that the bill "simply extends, for just a little bit longer, the study committee that we've put together, to to look for some some innovations in education," and said the group needed one more meeting to vote on recommendations. Committee discussion was brief; Leader Cochran said he had served on the committee with other chairs and that a report was near completion.
Representative McKenzie praised the committee's work but urged that future study committees be more balanced politically, noting the absence of minority-party representation and asking that future panels be more diverse. The committee then voted; the clerk reported "8 ayes," and the chair announced that HB 2011 would move on to the full education committee.
The extension allows the study committee to meet one additional time to finalize and vote on recommendations. No funding details or specific recommendation content was included in the subcommittee record.
