Two House Bills Passed Out Of Committee

A bill sponsored by the House Education Committee Chair Maynard Wallace, and another sponsored by Representative Gayle Kingery are the first two education related bills to pass of out committee and recommended for a floor discussion. HB 289 sponsored by Maynard Wallace makes changes to the safe school act and gives school district employees protection from lawsuits when they follow district policies dealing with unruly students. This bill is supported by MSBA. HB 242 is the other bill approved by the committee and it allows schools to go to a four- day school week, primarily to save money in transportation and other related school costs. Representative Sara Lampe voted "no" on this bill indicated that the four- day school week was not based on what was best for student learning but for monetary reasons only.