Senate Appropriations
Senate Appropriations moved a full calendar, but the money fights broke along party lines — a School Finance Act cleared unanimously while four Democratic-backed bills advanced 4-3, and a homeowner's insurance enterprise measure detoured into a procedural standoff over whether a sponsor could pull his own funding amendment.
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“What's really happening is kids who have severe needs are being charged to local districts based on where their parents live, even though they may not be enrolled in that school and they're sent out of state for placement.”
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Sign in to subscribeOkay, great. Can you do that? Okay. Looks like we have a full house, so to speak. The committee, the Senate Committee on Appropriations, will come to order. Mr. Catliff, please call the roll. Senators Gonzalez, Good morning. Kirkmeyer. Here. Kolker. Here. Listen here. Pelton. Here. Mr. Vice Chair. Here. Madam Chair, here. First up, we have Senate Bill 23 and Senator Kirkmeyer. No, no. Maybe Senator Kolker would like to do it. All right. Senator Kolker. Thank you. Madam Chair, I move Senate Bill 23 with an amendment L015 to start us off. And not J1 or. Oh, J1, sorry. And J1. But not 16. Not 16. And 16. And 16. I didn't know I had. I could move them both. All three at the same time. You can move them all at the same time. Okay. Committee members, any questions for the bill? Sponsors sent. Senator Bridges. Thank you, Madam Chair. What are these? What do they do? Senator Kolker, thank you. First of all, Amendment 15 allows some students who are placed in first of all, some students who are placed in out of state facilities due to high needs. This legislative change would increase the set…
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