EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE - Mar 31, 2021

EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE · March 31, 2021

0:00/2:25

2:25:16

0:00

30:00

1:00:00

1:30:00

2:00:00

2:25:16

Opening and Senate Bill 139 (super‑scoring for scholarships)

PresentationBudget

0:02 → 1:50(1m 48s)

Committee opened business and Senator (speaker labeled 3) introduced Senate Bill 139 to allow ‘super scores’ to be used for two state scholarships (Governor's Scholarship and Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship); sponsor estimated a full implementation cost of $2,400,000 staged over several years and said both scholarships are funded from GR (general revenue) not lottery funds. Sponsor argued uniformity across programs would help retain students in state.

Keywords:

Speakers:Unidentified Chair

A Senate education committee considered multiple bills affecting scholarships, school discipline, waivers, school safety and training, cosmetology/barber distance education, medical education incentives and creation of a financial education commission; several bills passed out of committee after discussion and public testimony.

AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Transcript

Unlock the transcript with a paid subscription