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The Bait and Switch Between Senate and House Parent Trigger Bills on Cost | Scathing Purple Musings

The Bait and Switch Between Senate and House Parent Trigger Bills on Cost | Scathing Purple Musings:

There’s Bait and Switch Between Senate and House Parent Trigger Bills on Cost

The parent trigger bill which passed the House yesterday maintained that there would be no cost involved. This February 20th analysis of HB 1191 states:

“the bill does not have a fiscal impact on state or local governments.”

But a different story is being told in the Senate bill. An analysis released yesterday of SB 1718states:

School districts may incur some additional cost associated with the parent notification requirements in the bill. The Department of Education may also incur some additional cost in