Legislative Committee Schedule: Week 3

Monday, January 23

1:30 p.m., House Education, HHR A

Work Session: Educator Shortages, Part One.

1:30 p.m., Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education, SHR 1

Work Session: Career and Technical Education.

Public Hearing:

1.        SB 5183 - Concerning career and technical education funding.

2.       SB 5155 - Concerning suspension and expulsion of kindergarten and early elementary school students.

Tuesday, January 24

1:30 p.m., House Education, HHR A

Work Session: Educator Shortages, Part Two.

1:30 p.m., Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education, SHR 1

Work Session: Education Funding Task Force's Consultant Report.

Public Hearing:

1.        SB 5117 - Transitioning military student participation in extracurricular activities.

2.       SB 5129 - Concerning charter school students participating in inter-school athletics and extracurricular activities.

Wednesday, January 25

1:30 p.m., House Higher Education, HHR D

Public Hearing:

1.        HB 1169 - Enacting the student opportunity, assistance, and relief act.

2.       HB 1214 - Increasing the number of state need grant recipients by awarding the community and technical college rate in certain financial aid programs for a student's first two years of post-secondary credit.

3.       HB 1293 - Concerning witnessing a student's college bound scholarship pledge when efforts to obtain a parent's or guardian's signature are unsuccessful.

Possible Executive Session:

1.        HB 1107 - Eliminating the term "branch" as an identifying factor for extensions of the public institutions of higher education.

2.       HB 1129 - Providing associate degree education to enhance education opportunities and public safety.

3.       HB 1130 - Making the customized training program permanent.

Thursday, January 26

8 a.m., House Education, HHR A

Public Hearing:

1.        HB 1115 - Concerning para-educators.

2.       HB 1174 - Requiring the superintendent of public instruction to develop an elective firearms safety and hunter education course for high school students.

3.       HB 1208 - Concerning charter school students participating in inter-school athletics and extracurricular activities.

4.       HB 1235 - Assessing physical education practices in public schools.

Possible Executive Session:

1.        HB 1012 - Eliminating the use of the high school science assessment as a graduation prerequisite.

2.       HB 1023 - Concerning military student participation in varsity extracurricular activities.

3.       HB 1046 - Concerning certificates of academic and individual achievement.

1:30 p.m., Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education, SHR 1

Work Session: Civic Learning Initiative.

Public Hearing: Creating the civic learning public-private partnership [S-0406.2].

The draft bill is posted on the Committee's website here, and is also available from committee staff. Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

Note: Schedule subject to change.