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House Bill 1190 Passed the House of Representatives with Solid Support
By Jason | February 10, 2010
House Bill 1190, the bill to level the playing field for the requirements of the Opportunity Scholarship in the elective category by including the option of Career and Technical Education courses in high school. Currently, world languages are the only elective that are required and with this legislation the option of any combination between Career and Tech Education and World Languages to receive the Opportunity Scholarship. The remaining requirements of the ACT Score of a minimum of 24 as well as the advanced math, science, social science, and english classes will still be the standard.
In House Commerce today I was proud to have many crop duster pilots testify in favor of House Bill 1155. We had great discussion on the importance of developing a registry of the location of wind metering towers. This is a serious issue for the safety of crop spraying pilots because these towers are lower than the FAA regulations and often blend into the background. The bill was tabled in committee and in working with the pilots and members of the committee I think we wil be able to move forward with an amendment that would require marking of the towers.
House Bill 1060 which modifies and reduces the amount of contractors excise and sales taxes refunded to large agricultural and industry projects. Wind farms are a prime example of where refunds are currently provided. This bill has been discussed for a long time and it finally reached a vote on the House Floor. The bill passed the House floor with only 19 votes against, which included myself. Supporters of the Bill said that they just want to keep this up for discussion.
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