Senate Education

Wednesday, April 1, 2026·5m·▶ Watch / Listen

A brief, action-only Senate Education hearing sent SB26-103, the at-risk public school program and accountability bill, to the full Senate on a party-line 4-3 vote after members adopted four sponsor amendments without objection.

Key Actions

·At-Risk Public School Program & Public School AccountabilityPassed

Notable Quotes

“This amendment is again, just to make clear that this is about existing resources, not additional resources.”
Chris Kolker — Kolker framing the core of the amendment package — signaling the bill would not carry a new spending demand, a recurring flashpoint on education mandates.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (4)Cathy Kipp, Marc Snyder, Janice Marchman, Chris Kolker

No (3)Scott Bright, Lisa Frizell, Janice Rich

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TranscriptPreview

Senate Education Committees, come to order. Ms. King, will you call the roll? Senators Bright. Here. Brazelle. President. Here. Snyder. Here. Marchman. Here. Mr. Chair. Here. We're all here, and we'll have a quick committee hearing today. We only have one piece of business. It's for action only. Senate Bill 26103 by Senators Kolker and Marchman. I'm going to hand the gavel over to Senator Kip. Welcome to. Oh, sorry. We already did roll. We already did roll. We all did roll. Okay. Yeah. So we have SB 26103 today with senators Kolker and Marchman, and that's been. Is for action only. We have already heard the beginning parts of the bill, so we are here for action only today, which means we left it in the amendment. Save. So, Senators, do you have any amendments? Senator Kolker? Yes, the same amendments that we handed out previously, amendments 2, 3, 4, and 5. I'm going to move amendment L002 and request an I vote. This amendment is again, just to make clear that this is about existing resources, not additional resources. Okay. Are there amendment packets? Okay. Well, are there any questions or concerns about L002? Correct. L002. Are there…

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