Friday, March 29, 2024
Friday, March 29, 2024

House Passes School Calendar Committee Bill, 8 Other Bills

The House reconvened this morning and passed nine bills, including the heavily debated school calendar committee bill.

House Bill 4652 would establish a school calendar committee in every county. The bill designates that the committee would have administrators, teachers and service personnel on the 6 – 10 member committee. The bill would go into effect July 1, 2010.

House Bill 4038 passed the House today and would allow municipalities and counties to place a hold on insurance proceeds in order to ensure that debris resulting from fire damage is cleaned up.

House Bill 4161 passed this morning and would establish the Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs within the office of the governor. The office would be responsible for making recommendations for minority activities throughout the state. It would also create a “Minority Affairs Fund” which would be used when determined by the legislature.

The following committees will meet today:

Finance-12:30 p.m. 460M
Education-2 p.m. 434M
Health and Human Resources-4 p.m. 215E

The House will reconvene at 2:30 p.m. today.

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