Legislative Update

This year's legislative sessions has proven far busier for ABE than
we anticipated. A number of policy issues were approved:

SF 2346/ HF 2291, the ABE Service Disruption Bill, was signed into
law.  This protects consortia and programs through a Hold Harmless
clause when ABE service delivery is significantly affected in a
specific region by natural disasters or other disruptions beyond the
control of the program or district.

HF 1484/SF 1213, which made slight modifications to the performance
tracking system to insure compliance with federal law, was signed
into law.

Language that would insure ABE diploma students who have failed the
BST are treated the same as K-12  students taking the math test were
amended into the omnibus Education bill, and signed by the Governor.