Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Leg. Update: Education bills scheduled for action in the House

While a handful of bills have been on the floor calendar for a while, House leadership “pulled” many education-related bills from the House Rules Committee today in an effort to spend the majority of Wednesday, March 2, on education legislation.

Included in the package pull were eight bills most education advocates are tracking. The list of K-12 bills on tomorrow’s schedule is reflected below. In a few instances, bill sponsors are offering amendments to their own bill. In other situations, opponents have written amendments designed to either weigh the bill down (and eat up valuable time) or to get a change they support.

Read the full update.