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Representative Jonas, who moved for a do-not-pass recommendation, described extensive meetings between committee members, sponsors and the High School Activities Association (HSAA) and said the HSAA agreed to add an independent appeals process. \"There are over 30,000 athletes in North Dakota, athletes and activities, band and choir and drama that compete. And there were 12 hardships last year and 10 were approved,\" Jonas said while describing why an appeals panel was important and how often hardship requests arise.

Committee members expressed concerns that the bill could create a recruiting advantage and disrupt team camaraderie in small districts. Several members said they had seen recruiting and transfer activity in their regions and worried the bill would worsen those trends. Supporters and several committee members said the HSAA representatives had committed to reforms, including creation of an independent hearing committee to review appeals.

After the do-not-pass vote, members recorded that the HSAA’s board met and approved development of the independent hearing committee that would take effect next year. Representative Jonas said HSAA leadership and the committee had made commitments and he would carry the bill to the floor despite recommending do not pass in committee.

Next steps: The bill will go to the House floor with a do-not-pass committee recommendation; the sponsor may carry the bill and track HSAA follow-through on promises of an independent appeals process.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Education - Feb 17, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The House Education Committee voted 9-5 for a do-not-pass recommendation on House Bill 14 91, which would have changed how high school athletes and activities are governed; committee members and the High School Activities Association discussed adding an independent appeals panel.","taxTitle","2025 Legislature North Carolina, North Carolina","taxId",77692,"location","North Carolina","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6326909,"Committee deadlocks on 'microschools' bill; tied vote sends House Bill 14 72 to floor with split recommendations",2723,1129000,3852000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2323601-47670df594235360c01423098fbc2615&start=1129&end=3852","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2323601-47670df594235360c01423098fbc2615/thumbnail_1129000.jpg","/articles/6326909/North-Carolina/Committee-deadlocks-on-microschools-bill-tied-vote-sends-House-Bill-14-72-to-floor-with-split-recommendations","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6326909-c71a1b9f5c55c1319255ed0cc566853c/orig.mp4?Expires=1770953237&Signature=COjna7VgQGN7AU1z3ztbLoMFVr3leXXapDaKDHfSw4WUqqbq5j4svvbUt~xcgcqgU-cZv6EEEjeN3x55ombBMhDQgHXQLYhVvhmpM6i-dwyhzYg32NW6Hh3ZmBKrcUOUB8rHN2GZlv542vA35Ukv1YIOGGsPVFpVbfvSezr7cP~nU0sRc7c8x5iUVtIUbv8O8eG4wr5T4e1CGJjFbLDGsS6X-giyiZ1KsfKEh8luXdRbfFf3xelasPJq7jy8RwrihnG2WHFzqM9rnJCeClTHP1uPUPrPASi2I5xI1~kdFxTAfFAcBi3o5KN9FxrhkdfFdcQOY5lV1laiVFA0KgGTgw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House Education Committee deadlocked 7-7 on House Bill 14 72 — a measure creating a ‘‘microschool’’ classification — after extended debate over safety, zoning and oversight. Because the committee could not reach a majority recommendation, Legislative Council advised the committee to send the bill to the House floor with both sides presented (a majority report and a minority report).

Opponents raised safety and oversight concerns, focusing on a provision that would exempt microschools from childcare and building-code requirements and that would allow up to 50 children in a microschool setting. \"I have several concerns,\" Representative Hager said, arguing that exempting microschools from building, fire and health codes would leave students unprotected and that teacher-certification and other safeguards were not addressed. Hager said the bill could allow up to 50 children in a micro school without standard regulatory safeguards.

Proponents, including Representative Morton, said most microschools would stem from existing homeschooling families and small neighborhood groupings, and said the bill included testing and registration requirements similar to those for homeschoolers. \"This is an opportunity for parents to have a choice of how they choose to educate their children,\" Morton said, noting families would remain responsible for their children and that testing requirements would apply.

Earlier in the hearing the committee adopted an amendment to remove a line on page 3 concerning criminal history record checks (moved by Representative Morton; second by Representative Heilman) — that amendment passed on a roll call recorded by the chair as 14 in favor. After further debate on zoning preemption and exemptions from building codes, the committee split on a do-pass motion and also split on a do-not-pass motion; Legislative Council advised that a 7-7 split requires sending the bill to the House with split committee recommendations. The chair said legislative counsel and staff would prepare majority and minority reports for signatures for transmission to the floor.

The exchange in committee touched on zoning language that would permit microschools \"in all zoning districts within a municipality\" and language that would require land-use and building-permit applications for microschools to be processed on a first-priority basis — both provisions that opponents said could override local zoning authority. Supporters countered that most microschools would meet in existing churches or homes and that property owners and building operators would retain liability.

Next steps: Because of the tie votes, the bill will be sent to the House floor with both a majority report and a minority report; Legislative Council will prepare the required paperwork and committee members will be asked to sign the reports.","After hours of debate about definitions, zoning preemption, and exemptions from building and health codes, the House Education Committee split 7-7 on House Bill 14 72 and will send the bill to the House floor with both majority and minority reports (no committee recommendation).",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6326914,"Committee adopts amendment to require schools to offer voluntary daily Pledge of Allegiance",358,749000,1107000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2323601-47670df594235360c01423098fbc2615&start=749&end=1107","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2323601-47670df594235360c01423098fbc2615/thumbnail_749000.jpg","/articles/6326914/North-Carolina/Committee-adopts-amendment-to-require-schools-to-offer-voluntary-daily-Pledge-of-Allegiance","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6326914-0af552b658c5b3a44715fb10ba0b5dc0/orig.mp4?Expires=1770953237&Signature=COvTwZbm8NUilh5nrHKLthrSjfllCaA5Ak0PpUY95q4By04-4CPc~wLF8zCYgigxZQOvSJn-d6eLrjilFGPedrP4MhRpzdWyUe-elDcNsODZV~QjQH~seoJXaJ0aouq1u9Pf9ExInDbcDpGCA5D6xSw5TiKhojQxnpVSzgEmUGjU4e42MzWNT6vrEq6zC4akPp1~QQxdpNupX~Sc0b4YD5NPHZA2oYRh0bjU4GZpp8y5l~DJHBbthTae5HeTmJlV7RW-Ve6VsQFE4IeGVhn0YxPqOfV-UqzjC3NWW9VwEicwKqAPx3HDUXJH6n0SIv3tXs3hgsk6ZOI2PZlULhax0g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House Education Committee voted to adopt an amendment to House Bill 12 22 that would require each school board to adopt a policy providing students the opportunity to voluntarily recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of each school day. The committee then recommended a due pass on the amended bill.

\"The board of a school district shall adopt a policy requiring each school district or each school to offer all students the opportunity to voluntarily recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of each school day,\" Representative Novak said while describing the amendment. He emphasized that the amendment expressly bars requiring students to recite the pledge or salute the flag, and intends to avoid First Amendment challenges.

Representative Novak moved the amendment as presented (amendment 0.01001). The committee approved the amendment on a roll call announced in committee as 14 in favor. Representative Novak then moved for a due-pass recommendation on the amended bill; the committee approved a due-pass recommendation by roll call, recorded in committee as 13-1.

The amendment drew little debate in committee; supporters said the policy balances students’ rights with opportunities for voluntary participation, and said the policy was written to avoid constitutional problems. Representative Jonas agreed to carry the bill to the floor.

Next steps: the bill as amended will go to the full House for consideration with the committee’s due-pass recommendation.","The House Education Committee amended House Bill 12 22 to require school boards to adopt policies offering students the voluntary opportunity to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of each school day; the committee recommended a due pass on the amended bill.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6326919,"House Education Committee reconsiders House Bill 14 97, approves corrected amendment and recommends due pass",472,247000,719000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2323601-47670df594235360c01423098fbc2615&start=247&end=719","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2323601-47670df594235360c01423098fbc2615/thumbnail_247000.jpg","/articles/6326919/North-Carolina/House-Education-Committee-reconsiders-House-Bill-14-97-approves-corrected-amendment-and-recommends-due-pass","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6326919-ac5c7d8d0cbc5b167b33d9a6abf104f6/orig.mp4?Expires=1770953237&Signature=icd8yVoj6OT2uCFK1BNw69aEvwq8TVSZrTBIG52IwaahG-7e9gHsT9o-p3UirWm1-VV6F08nbqV3iOq7nPwCjbr~z5bw1MmDIourdEdSkFKRvx5iCeO7V5EfccktIwbkQAQ8J98o28fGF~UxxdVDmW7WnqY6ZiPEg-wIrbcOL3uTFEieEBvQIF0ARGKrhIr2NF6NO2Th5QT3yvT~c~h4rKfpnzmBbKJ6xw34D~YDCzPjEihC1iR5D3qpXh9KfSuO0SJAGM6QJpYZFQAWQ~hGy9k6oDa-0-cARjpXOVpvU5YToRj9MbUhvP6vw6C1YETjxf0BdfFWqtW150AXxgkTKw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House Education Committee at its session moved to reconsider and then approve an amended version of House Bill 14 97, voting to send the amended bill to the House floor with a committee recommendation for a due pass.

Committee members said the action fixed text the committee had intended to adopt but which had been altered when submitted to the Legislative Council. \"The amendment we put on, was buried from what it should have been,\" Representative Schreiber Beck said, explaining the need to reintroduce the bill and adopt the correct language found in the bills/laws system.

The correction was offered as an amendment to read as version 0.03, which Representative Schreiber Beck moved and the committee seconded. Committee members also voted to add an emergency clause to the amended bill. Representative Schreiber Beck moved for a due pass on the amended bill; Representative Novak seconded the due-pass motion. The committee then called the roll and the amended bill received a favorable committee recommendation for a due pass.

Representative Aleman had asked why the bill was back before the committee; Schreiber Beck explained the amendment’s text changed between the committee’s floor action and the version submitted to Legislative Council. Committee discussion otherwise focused on procedural questions about the emergency clause and confirmation that the text now in laws matched what the committee intended.

The committee’s next step is to transmit the amended bill and the committee recommendation to the full House. The bill carrier indicated they would continue to carry the measure to the floor.

Votes and formal motions recorded in committee included a motion to reconsider (mover: Representative Schreiber Beck; second: Representative Longmire) that passed on the roll call, adoption of an amendment to read version 0.03 (mover: Representative Schreiber Beck; second: Representative Haddleston) that passed, adding an emergency clause (mover: Representative Shriver Beck; second: Representative Novak) that passed, and a motion for a due pass on the amended bill (mover: Representative Schreiber Beck; second: Representative Novak) that passed on the roll call.","The House Education Committee voted to reconsider House Bill 14 97, adopt a corrected amendment (version 0.03), add an emergency clause and recommend a due pass on the amended bill.","actionData","errors"]

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