The Senate has passed five bills to be sent to the House for concurrence.
HB 2196 would allow for the participation of home schooled students in certain secondary school activities.
HB 2711 would abolish Regional Education Service Agencies (RESA) and funding by July 1, 2017, and provide authority for county school systems to share services, modify school accreditation and accountability measures, alter school and school system intervention procedures and requirements and reduce statewide student assessment requirements.
HB 2801 would expire $101.7 million to the General Revenue Fund from the Revenue Shortfall Reserve Fund (Rainy Day Fund).
HB 2935 would establish the state Flood Protection Planning Council and a Joint Legislative Committee on Flooding.
HB 3103 would expire $2.7 million to the General Revenue Fund for the Department of Health and Human Resources from the Revenue Shortfall Reserve Fund (Rainy Day Fund).
The Senate also refused to recede their amendments to House Bills 2589, 2631 and 2805, and sent the bills into conference committees to reconcile differences between the Senate and House on the bills.
The Senate is in recess until 3:25 p.m. this afternoon.
