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HB1374 Relative to the procedures for withdrawal from a cooperative school district.

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Relative to the procedures for withdrawal from a cooperative school district.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

5

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

4
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Your Wallet

School district withdrawal often increases per-pupil costs for smaller towns that lose economies of scale.

4
🏘️

Your Community

Breaking up cooperative districts can reduce educational opportunities and create inequities between wealthier and poorer towns.

6
⚖️

Your Freedom

Gives towns more autonomy to control their own school governance, even if it comes with financial trade-offs.

Status

Conference Committee Report 2026-2076c: Adopted, Regular Calendar 179-161 06/04/2026 House Journal 15

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Mary Murphy (R)

The Short Version

Modifies the procedures for towns to withdraw from cooperative school districts. This could make it easier for dissatisfied towns to leave, potentially fragmenting regional school systems and affecting education quality and costs.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Towns dissatisfied with their cooperative district
  • ▲ Local control advocates

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Remaining towns in the cooperative district
  • ▼ Students in smaller resulting districts
  • ▼ Taxpayers facing higher costs

Roll Call Detail (2 votes)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Adopt CofC Report 2026-06-04
Passed

YES = Yes. NO = No.

179R
Voted Yea (179)
5R + 156D
Voted Nay (161)
26
Absent
25
Not voting
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Voted Yea (179)

Republicans (179)

Voted Nay (161)

Republicans (5)
Democrats (156)
Absent (26)

Beth Richards (D) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Cathryn Harvey (D) , Chris Muns (D) , Daniel LeClerc (D) , Darrell Louis (R) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Jack Flanagan (R) , Jennifer Mandelbaum (D) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , John Leavitt (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Marjorie Smith (D) , Mark Pearson (R) , Maureen Mooney (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Richard Tripp (R) , Sean Durkin (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Stephen Pearson (R) , Susan Deroy (R) , Terry Spahr (D) , Thomas Buco (D) , Thomas Schamberg (D)

Ought to Pass w/Amendment 2026-05-07
Passed

YES = Pass the bill. NO = Reject the bill.

14R
Voted to Pass (14)
0R + 8D
Voted Against (8)
2
Absent
0
Not voting
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Absent (2)

Denise Ricciardi (R) , Kevin Avard (R)

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