Generally revise education laws related to out-of-district attendance.
HB 250 revises state education laws regarding students attending schools outside their home district. The bill clarifies responsibilities for tuition and transportation, particularly for children with disabilities and nonoperating school districts. It allows school boards to deny out-of-district attendance requests if accepting them would jeopardize the district's accreditation, exceed capacity limits, or for students with a recent history of suspension or expulsion (with an exception for special education students). The legislation also updates reporting requirements for out-of-district students and clarifies rules for remote instruction, removing the requirement to seek it from the nearest school district.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 17, 2025
Signed May 8, 2025
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3 edits
MINOR
The bill was finalized and formatted as an enrolled bill, removing draft markers and consolidating the title to clarify that it covers tuition and transportation responsibilities for children with disabilities. The substantive content regarding out-of-district attendance rules remains consistent, though the text was reorganized to improve clarity.
Scope change
The bill's scope is now explicitly clarified to include tuition and transportation responsibilities for a child with a disability, which was less distinct in the draft version.
TECHNICAL
Removed draft identifiers (e.g., HB0250.2) and formatting artifacts, finalizing the document as an official enrolled bill.
SCOPE
Refined the bill title to explicitly state that it clarifies tuition and transportation responsibilities for a child with a disability.
REQUIREMENT
Reorganized the text of Section 1 to streamline the rules for approving out-of-district attendance requests and the conditions under which trustees can deny them.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 2, 2025 · House Apr 11, 2025
How they voted
49–1
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 2, 2025
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
R
Republican32
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
42
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Amendments
1
May 5, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
Apr 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 11, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (98-1-1)
house
Apr 2, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (49-1)
senate
Apr 2, 2025
Introduced
(S) Returned to House with Amendments
upper
Mar 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Education
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Education
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Education
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dave Bedey
RRepublican
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