Bissonette went on to say: "There are over 80,000 students receiving their education in these 110 (rural) schools where teachers, on average, are earning 21 percent below the cost of living in their communities, and there are over 5,200 teachers teaching these 80,000 students".
The issue in question was a provision of Senate Bill 26 that was added by the House.
The bill is now in a conference committee, where lawmakers from the House and Senate are trying to work out their differences and reach a compromise before sending the final version of the bill to Governor Holcomb.
A similar bill, House Bill 469, was introduced in the Florida House of Representatives and was moved forward by the Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee in an 11-4 vote.
The House Health and Human Services Committee is expected to vote this morning on SB 7, a bill to tighten up on food stamp eligibility in New Hampshire, and will hold hearings on SB 242, another attempt by Manchester State Sen. A bill scheduled to be heard in a state senate committee would decriminalize pot in the rest of the state.
The state Chamber of Commerce also released a statement, asking for the Senate to pass the bill.
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In fact, there are some similarities. "The Chinese often express frustration with North Korea, and disappointment". Pence's comments come just days after South Korea and Japan avoided being tagged currency manipulators by the U.S.
Senate Bill 868 would give courts the power to issue an "extreme risk protection order", barring a person from possession of firearms if there is an imminent risk or risk in the foreseeable future that person will use the gun either to commit suicide or to cause injury to someone else.
"This has probably become the most complicated subject bill this session", said Rep. Jared Moskowitz.
"I think anytime we make something mandatory, I think that's a problem", he said. But opponents were scrambling again ahead of a House State Affairs committee meeting Wednesday that has revived the effort. "You'll be required to show a verifiable act that you are domiciled here", said Birdsell in Senate hearings on the bill.
"We were hoping to at least have a discussion in committee on them, but the majority party decided they didn't even want to do that".
An earlier version needed two tries to get through the House, and passed with just two votes to spare. They'll have to iron out their differences before sending the measure on to Governor Bill Haslam.
According to the 2017 Kids Count in Indiana Data Book, Indiana ranked third out of 37 states in the percentage of high school students who seriously considered attempting suicide in 2015. State Sen. Rob Bradley, R-Fleming Island, feared that the bills were unconstitutional because the state constitution lays out the criteria for restoring voting rights.
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