HB408 - Not in favor of this bill as is. School Divisions, many or most, do not have the capacity in neither safe buildings (trailers) and/or qualified teachers to take on so many additional prospective students, especially if a large percentage of eligible children are ELLs, low income, and/or special needs. Better: First, have especially the larger, big-budget School Divisions take a 20% haircut from their overbloated administrative staffs annually, and cut expenditures on 'socio-political' programming and annual software contracts that are not expressly math, science, reading and writing curriculum, etc. by 30% at least, also annually. PBIS is not working. Social Emotional Learning is not working. Trauma Informed Care is not working...etc. These savings can be used to fund teaching positions and give current teachers their rightful and overdue raises, attracting enough of them required to make this suggested bill successful. The reduction in overbloat can also be used towards CIP for safe learning environments for the tiniest, most vulnerable prospective student population. These measures need to be achieved first. Thank you, Susan