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TISA scholarship expansion trimmed; committee approves amendment and forwards bill
Summary
Lawmakers approved an amendment to House Bill 25 32 that reduces proposed scholarship expansion from 20,000 new awards to 15,000 and adds reporting and transparency changes; the amended bill was moved to full finance.
A consolidated amendment to House Bill 25 32 was presented and debated in committee before members approved it and voted to send the bill to full finance.
Leader Lambert summarized the amendment as a technical modification to last year’s EFS provisions with three elements: adjustments to the floor tied to transparency reporting for currently funded students in TISA (the scholarship program), an explicit pecking-order change for scholarship recipients, and a reduction in the expansion from 20,000 new scholarships to 15,000 — resulting in a two‑year total of about 35,000 scholarships.
Representative Shaw and other members asked how the amendment would affect public school systems; staff answered that effects would be primarily on transparency and reporting and only modify the floor under certain noncompliance conditions. After discussion the amendment passed and the committee voted to advance the bill; the clerk recorded 9 ayes, 3 nos (with present votes noted).
