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MT House Republicans switch vote to kill public charter school bill

Posted: Feb 12, 2013 8:16 PM by Marnee Banks - MTN News

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Six Republican Representatives swapped their vote on Tuesday and killed a bill creating public charter schools in Montana.

On Monday, House Bill 315 passed second reading with 56 yes votes. Then on Tuesday, the bill only garnered 49 votes.

A handful of Republicans told the Montana Television Network that local school officials and the teachers union were putting a lot of pressure on the Republican caucus to switch their votes.

One ranking Democrat told us supporters of public charter schools will likely make a motion to reconsider and force lawmakers to vote on the bill one more time.

These are the lawmakers who switched their vote from yes to no:

Rep. Liz Bangerter (R - Helena)
Rep. Tom Berry (R - Roundup)
Rep. Christy Clark (R - Choteau)
Rep. Pat Connell (R - Hamilton)
Rep. Roger Hagen (R - Great Falls)
Rep. Jeff Welborn (R - Dillon)

Rep. Wendy Warburton (R - Havre) voted yes on second reading and was excused and didn't cast a vote on third reading.

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