Today, Jimmy provided TLC's position on SB 688 by Wentworth at a Senate Education Committee hearing. TLC opposes this bill as it allows the commissioner of education, if he determines that a residential development of at least 1,000 single-family units "is likely to significantly increase elementary school student enrollment in a school district and that the increase in enrollment warrants the construction of a new elementary school facility to accommodate the increased elementary school population," to require a developer to sell a school district at least 15 acres within the development in order to receive plat or permit approval. This legislation seems especially unnecessary since school districts currently have eminent domain authority.
Thus far, SB 688 is the only bill TLC is tracking that has been scheduled for a hearing.
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