<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/blogs/legislative-news/2024/2024-02-09.aspx" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>02/09/2024 03:02:19 PM</pubDate><title>Session passes halfway mark, opioid awareness, incarcerated student financial aid, competency-based education bills moving</title><description>Following Monday's fiscal committee cutoff deadline — when bills with a monetary impact needed to be approved by those committees to continue in the legislative process — this week was dominated by House and Senate floor action. Bills on opioid and fentanyl awareness, financial aid for incarcerated students and competency-based education all advanced through their home chamber and now move to the opposite chamber for consideration.</description><author>SBCTC Communications</author><category>corrections, cutoff, trustees</category><image/><image-caption/></item>