Senate - Education Feb 16, 2026

Senate Education Committee · February 16, 2026

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Opening and agenda

Announcement

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Committee chair opened the meeting, noted this may be the committee's last meeting of the session and listed bills to be heard: House Bill 47 (school employee insurance, the '80/20' split), House Bill 253, and mentioned Senate Bill 178 would not be heard. Chair set a hard stop because the floor begins at 10:30.

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Senate Education Committee heard two major education bills: House Bill 47 to extend an 80/20 employer/employee health‑insurance premium split to school employees (do pass from committee) and House Bill 253, a package to preserve and regulate full‑time virtual education and to address related budget shortfalls (committee substitute as amended received a do pass to the Senate floor).

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