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The amendments were not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows:

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The amendments were not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows:

Vote date
2025-05-14
Chamber
senate
Result
failed
Yeas
16
Nays
19
Excused
1
Not voting
1
Related measure
measure-2389
Related sitting
sitting-109

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Chamber
senate
Context text
The question being on the passage of the bill, Senator Damoose offered the following amendments: 1. Amend page 173, line 24, after “under” by striking out “ subsections ” and inserting “subsection”. 2. Amend page 173, line 24, after “(4)” by striking out “ and (8)(c) ”. 3. Amend page 176, line 13, after “(c)” by striking out “ Except as otherwise provided in subsection (5), ensure ” and inserting “Ensure”. 4. Amend page 178, line 20, after “ personnel, ” by striking out “ as determined by the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential, ” and inserting “ as described in subsection (8)(c), ”. 5. Amend page 194, following line 19, by inserting: “ (33) If the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential learns from district officials or intermediate district officials that the requirements for credentialing in subsection (8)(c) are barring districts or intermediate districts from placing a sufficient number of individuals in teacher or paraprofessional positions under this section, by not later than January 1, 2026, the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential shall report this information to the governor and the house and senate fiscal agencies as well as to the house and senate subcommittees on school aid. It is the intent of the legislature that if an insufficient number of individuals credentialed under subsection (8)(c) apply for positions as teachers or paraprofessionals under this section for the 2025-2026 school year due to the requirements of subsection (8)(c), the legislature will move toward limiting programs under this section to the number for which sufficient numbers of staff who meet the requirements in subsection (8)(c) can be engaged while prioritizing applicants based on the income status of the families of the applicants. Income status must be determined using the formula in subsection (17). ”. The question being on the adoption of the amendments, Senator Lauwers requested the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered, 1/5 of the members present voting therefor. The amendments were not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows:
Excused
1
Measure id
measure-2389
Motion text
The amendments were not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows:
Nays
19
Not voting
1
Result
failed
Sitting id
sitting-109
Vote date
2025-05-14
Vote id
vote-2152
Vote number
124
Yeas
16

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