Budget Clean-Up Items
o Transportation Language
o Unused School Facility
Mask & Vaccine Prohibitions
· Continue to monitor proposals which could impact COVID-19 health and safety protocols for students, staff and visitors
· HB 218 (Cutrona) would prohibit employers, schools or institutions of higher education from requiring vaccines that have not been approved by the FDA; provide exemptions for such mandates for medical contraindications, natural immunity and reasons of personal conscience
Critical Race Theory
· Monitor and submit testimony opposing efforts to address the prohibition of so-called “divisive” concepts
· HB 327 (Grendell/Fowler) would prohibit the promotion of divisive concepts by K-12 schools, state institutions of higher education, political subdivisions, and state agencies
Voucher Expansion
· Develop long-term strategy to stem the expansion of vouchers, including but not limited to building coalitions with suburban districts, business
· HB 290 (McClain/John) would allow families to take a student’s share of state funding to their school of choice, a concept supporters call the “backpack bill”
Guns in Schools
· Monitor and submit testimony opposing efforts which propose to reduce basic training and other requirements for armed school staff
· HB 99 (Hall) would exempt armed school staff within a school safety zone from basic peace officer training program requirement
Property Value Challenges
· Continue to oppose efforts which would eliminate the ability or hinder efforts for school districts to contest property values
· HB 126 (Merrin) would require local governments that contest property values to formally pass an authorizing resolution for each contest and to notify property owners
