Committee advances bill to raise outdoor school education fund to $54 million

The House Committee on Education on Feb. 16 moved House Bill 4112 to joint Ways and Means with a due-pass recommendation, increasing the allocation for the outdoor school education fund from $48,000,000 to $54,000,000 for the 2025–27 biennium and declaring an emergency to make the bill effective on passage.

A staff member summarized the measure: "House Bill 4 1 1 2 raises the amount allocated to the outdoor school education fund for the 25 27 biennium from 48,000,000 to 54,000,000. It declares an emergency and takes effect on passage." Representative Dobson made the motion to advance the bill by prior reference.

The motion passed on a recorded roll call. Recorded responses in the transcript for the roll call on the motion included affirmative votes from the members listed in the committee record. The chair said, "Motion carries," and stated the bill will go to joint Ways and Means.

The committee did not record substantive floor amendments during the work session. Next procedural step: the bill will be carried to the floor by a committee member for consideration in the full House and will be referred to joint Ways and Means for fiscal review.