Today, the House approved the Senate’s amendments to House Bill 4677 and House Bill 4478. House Bill 4677 will remove the requirement that the director of personnel must have five years of administrative experience in addition to a degree in business administration, personnel administration or public administration. House Bill 4478 will limit the mid-year transfer of paraprofessionals, interpreters and aides providing one-on-one services, as required by the students’ individualized education programs, to students with special needs.
Another 16 Senate bills on third reading were passed by the House. Of these, 13 completed legislation. One bill, Senate Bill 619, would define anticipated and unanticipated users of external defribrillators and exempt them from liability when using an external defribrillator to administer emergency care with good intentions.
Thirty-eight bills on second reading were advanced to third.
The House will recess until 1:30 p.m.
