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Minutes for HB2256 - Committee on Education
Short Title
Creating the community leaders service act.
Minutes Content for Thu, Feb 20, 2020
Chairperson Huebert opened the hearing on HB2256.
Revisor Jason Long gave an overview of the bill. (Attachment 1)
Representative Tim Hodge spoke as a proponent of the bill. He stated that this bill is elective, not mandatory. A school district has the choice to do this or not. Meals on Wheels and local senior citizen agencies are the participants he imagined as involved. He argued we can be more creative and frugal with the Kansas tax dollars. Our population is growing older, we are losing inter-generational connections, and if we could create an incentive for these folks to come together, and to have the additive benefit of supporting young persons attending college. Hodge urged the Committee to work the bill and pass it out favorably. (Attachment 2)
There was a brief discussion.
Chairperson Huebert closed the hearing on HB2256.
