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We are thrilled to welcome 80 special education educators to our 2022 Blue Jeans workshop. The focus is on inclusion and various other topics. It was so great to see everyone!
HB 734 masks in school exemptions is back up for debate this morning in house ed. 733 parent permission surveys will be up next. You can watch it live right now at:
https://www.idahoptv.org/shows/idahoinsession/ew41/
HB 723 enrollment passed 39-26 through the full house this afternoon. It will be heard in Senate Ed and as long as it passes that, through the full Senate all next week.
HO 651 drug testing substitutes was just killed on the House floor with a 38-31 Vote.
The new RS for enrollment passed out of House Ed by voting to go through to a second reading. This moves it to the full house floor, hopefully will be heard in the next couple of days. Ill send out the bill information once it receives a bill number. This version of enrollment gives us two years of enrollment funding and puts in place an interim committee to look at enrollment and a funding formula.
We Just heard form Chairman Clow, enrollment is up tomorrow but there will not be any public testimony. Just a heads up for everyone wishing to testify.
HO 669 failed on a 8-7 vote. Chairman clow broke the tie. Please reach out and thank him!
HO 627 enrollment is on the agenda for House Ed tomorrow morning at 8am Wednesday, March 2. Please get the word out and email the members of house ed and please sign up to testify.
Here is the link for the full bill https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/billbookmark/?yr=2022&bn=H0627
I will post the link to sign up and testify as soon as it is available .
HO 669 Hope and Opportunity ESA (Voucher) is being heard and discussed by the house ed committee after two hours of testimony yesterday. Listen live here: https://www.idahoptv.org/shows/idahoinsession/ew41/
March 1, chairman Clow introduced two new RS’s this morning in house ed. one repeals the current state standards, the other replaces them. These will now move to a full bill hearing. Passed unanimously. I will update everyone with the bill numbers when they are printed.
Update from yesterday’s Senate Ed Committee. They passed both HO654 allowing professional counselors & HO656 which helps fix most of the issues with out of state teachers and putting them on the career ladder.
HB 650 curriculum materials adoption committee just passed the full house 45-23 vote. It will now go to the senate ed committee.
HB 669 was introduced and testimony went for 2 hours. For and against. We ran out if time and the committee will discuss it and vote on it tomorrow morning at 8am. Thank you to everyone that testified and reached out to legislators.
HB 669 hope and opportunity voucher bill is being discussed in house ed this morning. 8am mountain time. Join us live https://www.idahoptv.org/shows/idahoinsession/ew41/
The RS for enrollment will be introduced as a bill with a new hearing. We are going to need superintendents and business managers ready to testify on the need to move to enrollment. I will keep you updated on when this hearing will be.
House Ed is hearing the new RS on enrollment, cleaning up the kindergarten language. Watch it live. https://www.idahoptv.org/shows/idahoinsession/ew41/
Enrollment will be given a new RS with changes to the kindergarten language so that legislators don’t feel like it is giving full day kindergarten status. We believe it will get moved from RS status to a full bill and onto the full house, without another hearing in house ed. Will keep everyone posted.
HB 651 drug testing substitutes, passed house ed on a 8-7 Vote to send to the house with a “do pass” recommendation.
HB 650 curriculum adoption committee and HB 651 drug testing every two years for substitutes. Will both be heard tomorrow in House Ed, Feb. 22. at 8:00 am
HB 653 will be heard in house ed tomorrow, February 22. This bill deals with putting language that requires a disclosure on how levy dollars will be used and schools must disclose that information back to the state.