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MSTA Member Action Brief - Feb. 9
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MSTA Member Action Brief - Feb. 9
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This is MSTA Action Member Brief, a members-only preview of what we're watching and working on at the Capitol.
On Tuesday, the Senate Education Committee has a packed agenda. Lawmakers will take up bills relating with, uh, school transparency, including ownership disclosures for tutoring programs, as well as bills mandating curriculum and addressing school safety. We're also expecting movement on the two open enrollment bills that were heard last week and opposed by MSTA, with a strong possibility that both will be voted out of committee. Later that morning at eight thirty, the State Board of Education will, uh, have a meeting with a full slate of reports, uh, including a key decision item on their agenda, which involves school districts that have requested waivers for the school start date law. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has recommended denying those requests, citing that the districts did not demonstrate the highly unusual and extenuating circumstances that are required to grant a waiver. On Wednesday, attention shifts back to the budget. The Senate Appropriations Committee will receive their briefing from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on the department's requests and the governor's proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year twenty twenty-seven budget. Uh, and at noon on Wednesday, the House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee will meet, where the committee will most likely vote out House Bill twenty-seven ten, the A to F, school scorecard bill that's opposed by MSTA. They'll also take up House Bill twenty-three thirty-five, sponsored by Representative Ann Kelly and supported by
MSTA. That bill would eliminate current annual training requirements for educators, replacing them with a three-year training cycle.
After the initial three years, districts would have the flexibility to decide how those trainings are offered, and any new training requirements passed by the legislature would fall under that same three-year and local decision framework. Thanks for standing with MSTA as we advocate for and empower public educators so they can teach. Be sure to read MSTA Action this Friday for a full recap of the week.
On Tuesday, the Senate Education Committee has a packed agenda. Lawmakers will take up bills relating with, uh, school transparency, including ownership disclosures for tutoring programs, as well as bills mandating curriculum and addressing school safety. We're also expecting movement on the two open enrollment bills that were heard last week and opposed by MSTA, with a strong possibility that both will be voted out of committee. Later that morning at eight thirty, the State Board of Education will, uh, have a meeting with a full slate of reports, uh, including a key decision item on their agenda, which involves school districts that have requested waivers for the school start date law. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has recommended denying those requests, citing that the districts did not demonstrate the highly unusual and extenuating circumstances that are required to grant a waiver. On Wednesday, attention shifts back to the budget. The Senate Appropriations Committee will receive their briefing from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on the department's requests and the governor's proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year twenty twenty-seven budget. Uh, and at noon on Wednesday, the House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee will meet, where the committee will most likely vote out House Bill twenty-seven ten, the A to F, school scorecard bill that's opposed by MSTA. They'll also take up House Bill twenty-three thirty-five, sponsored by Representative Ann Kelly and supported by
MSTA. That bill would eliminate current annual training requirements for educators, replacing them with a three-year training cycle.
After the initial three years, districts would have the flexibility to decide how those trainings are offered, and any new training requirements passed by the legislature would fall under that same three-year and local decision framework. Thanks for standing with MSTA as we advocate for and empower public educators so they can teach. Be sure to read MSTA Action this Friday for a full recap of the week.
