Senate Education - 2026-04-22 - 1:40PM

Legislative committee (education-related) · April 22, 2026

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Return from technical problem; opening question on state responsibility

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A member resumed the meeting after a technical break and asked whether the state — which helped build some schools — is now taking 'full responsibility' for PCB testing and remediation; the question framed the session’s central policy issue.

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Lawmakers and agency officials discussed a bill to extend the PCB school-testing deadline, create a special fund for testing and remediation, and decouple PCB work from state school construction master planning while debating which agency should write rules and where funding will come from.

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