The question being on the passage of the bill,
Senator Damoose offered the following amendment:
1. Amend page 18, following line 13, by inserting:
“Sec. 307. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department shall report to the standard report recipients by December 1, 2025 on pupil classroom sizes for all school buildings in each district.”.
The amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor.
Senator Theis offered the following amendment:
1. Amend page 18, following line 26, by inserting:
“Sec. 352. The funds appropriated in part 1 for unclassified salaries may only be used to support salary increases or lump sum bonuses if the state’s reading scores do not place the state in the bottom 10 states nationally.”.
The question being on the adoption of the amendment,
Senator Lauwers requested the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered, 1/5 of the members present voting therefor.
The amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows: