Alan Powell

The full legislature went back to work on Monday, Jan. 23, with numerous proposals making their way through the committee process. Before the recess for budget hearings, the House Education Committee favorably reported three bills:  HB 705, which would expand the definition of direct classroom expenditures by local school districts for the purpose of meeting the state’s mandate that 65 percent of state funds be spent in the classroom; HB 706, which would delete obsolete, unused and unnecessary provisions in state law related to elementary and secondary education; and HB 713, which would delay implementation of the career and college readiness requirements in K-12 schools for one year.

 All three measures now await action by the full House.