The Senate Education Committee met Tuesday morning to hear about House Bill 4574, providing for condition-based emergency funding for financially distressed county school systems. The county board must repay the loan amount with interest capped at 3% by December 31 of the calendar year following the appropriation. A companion bill awaiting action in the Senate Finance Committee, House Bill 4575, is a supplemental appropriation of $8 million that could be used as a bridge loan for Hancock County Schools. But Senate President Pro Tempore Jay Taylor, R-Taylor, questioned the look of loaning Hancock County Schools funds for bad behavior. “Well, and I’m having trouble explaining to people why I should vote for this bill for Hancock County when they just upgraded their athletics facility.