Week 3 of Interim Committee Meetings is now complete. Several education-related bills were heard this week and committees continued hearing presentations and budget updates. Covid-19 protocols remain in place for both House and Senate, but we encourage members to access resources on our Legislative Session page and to continue communicating with their local delegations on education issues. Some highlights from the week are below, as well as links to a full committee report and bill tracking report from our team at GrayRobinson.
- SB 48 Educational Scholarship Programs – PASSED Senate Education
SB 200 Retention – PASSED Senate Education
SB 282 Moments of Silence in Public Schools – PASSED Senate Education
SB 146 Civic Education – PASSED Senate EducationHB 7 Civil Liability for Damages Relating to Covid-19 – PASSED House Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee
- HB 35 – Legal Notices – PASSED Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- SB 78 Dues & Uniform Assessments – Temporarily Postponed due to time (on agenda for Week 4)
