The House Ways & Means Committee took action on the House’s proposed 2010 supplemental operating budget this afternoon.

Members considered 42 proposed amendments to House Bill 2824.

Of the 42 amendments, six were of interest to Evergreen. Of these only two were passed by the committee and amended to the bill.

1.  Amendment 217: Provides clarifying language regarding alternate routes to teacher certification program funding. Specifies that at least 85% of endorsements be in math, science, bilingual, or special education.

2. Amendment 057: Savings from information technology savings is not to impact revenue collection efforts.

The House is expected to take action on the budget in the next few days.