The traditional coronation ceremony of Tulip Queen Alyssa Geetings was among the festivities kicking off the 2021 Tulip Time celebration Thursday.
Geetings and her royal court of Tessa Brouwer, Olivia DeHaan-Burch, Ashley Hardman, and Hannah Tschetter were among the afternoon and evening festivities, which included special processionals in place of the traditional parades. Geetings and 2020 Tulip Queen Hanna Kendall exchanged words and a passing on of the mantle of the ceremonial leader of the festival.
The Dutchesses, cheese traders, Dutch dancers, street scrubbers, and the Parade of Provinces returned to the Tulip Toren, with some of those performers, the Dutch family singers, high school orchestra students, and others “popping” up throughout the downtown area to perform.
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Hite Capitol Update
by Dustin Hite
This week was the second funnel, which means a bill must make it through committee in the other chamber in order for it to be alive for the session. It also means that it is the last week of committee meetings, with the exception of Ways and Means and Appropriations. These two committees are “funnel proof” and bills in these committees are not subject to the deadline.
This week in the Education committee, we considered six bills that the Senate sent over. These bills dealt with topics from drivers’ education for home schooled students, to Medicaid reimbursement for schools, to recognition for licensed behavior analysts. I would like to highlight two bills that we passed. Senate File 265 allows the parents of a student to hold their child back a grade for this year. We have heard quite a bit about the learning loss of students, and this bill gives parents the final say in whether or not their child is ready for the next grade.