The Senate Education Committee voted to advance legislation that would require school districts to post advance notices of board meetings and approved meeting minutes on district websites.

Supporters told the committee the change is a straightforward transparency improvement. A public commentator, Jimmy Kevin, identified himself as a citizen and said the bill represented “a welcome positive step in government transparency.”

The bill’s sponsor described the proposal as a small statutory change that would require districts to announce meetings ahead of time and post approved minutes on their websites. Committee members asked no questions during the floor discussion and the chair called for a vote; the motion to pass the bill was approved by voice vote.

The measure now moves out of the committee for further consideration in the Legislature. No fiscal note or implementation timeline was discussed at the hearing.

Details from the hearing: public testimony was brief and favorable; no opponents signed up. The committee’s vote was by voice; no roll-call tally of individual senators was provided.