The two main issues of importance this week are the continuing need by districts to increase the pool of substitutes available and the re-emergence of two fairly draconian pension reform bills.
There are two 鈥淲鈥檚鈥 that come into play now that the first major deadline has passed. 鈥淲hew!鈥 is the first one. Bills that have failed to clear their house of origin are 鈥榙ead鈥. Some good bills didn鈥檛 make it; some bad ones didn鈥檛 either. 鈥淲hat the ?鈥 is the next one, as a reaction when any of these bills come back 鈥榓live鈥, either because they are deemed necessary to implement the budget, or just because legislators desire it.
February 27 is the deadline for all bills from fiscal committees to have passed out of committee. Attention then focuses on floor action. All bills will have until March 10 to clear their chamber of origin.
Two important legislative cut-off dates are February 20 and February 27. The first date is when all policy bills have to have been heard by a committee(s) and the latter date is the similar deadline for all bills from fiscal committees.
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