February 21, 2017      8:24 PM
In first hearing with the gavel, Chairman Huberty commits to school finance as priority
“…the Supreme Court ruled on school finance and they said that it’s lawful but it’s awful.”
Rep. Dan Huberty,
R-Kingwood, led his first Public Education Committee meeting
Monday, setting school finance reform as a priority early on.
Huberty told the committee that for the next two hearings the
committee would take “a pretty hard look at school finance.” Next Tuesday,
Huberty said he intends to hear from stakeholders on the issue and discuss
possible improvements. The following week, Huberty said the plan is to post
school finance bills.
“I think all of you know that the Speaker talked briefly,
not briefly, but a lot to us about the importance of and to focus on school
finance as we move forward,” Huberty said. “And in 2016 we know that the Supreme
Court ruled on school finance and they said that it’s lawful but it’s
awful.”
By Eleanor Dearman
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