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State board directs staff to seek code change to split ‘instructional equipment and supplies’ definition
Summary
The Utah State Board of Education voted to direct staff to work with legislators on potential amendments to Utah Code to separate the single statutory definition 'instructional equipment and supplies' into two definitions, citing practical differences between durable equipment and consumable supplies and noting the change would affect school fees,
The Utah State Board of Education voted to direct staff to work with legislators on potential amendments to the Utah Code to separate the single defined term “instructional equipment and supplies” into distinct definitions for equipment and for supplies.
Board members approved the motion at a regular meeting, with a final tally of 12 yeses and one abstention (Member Klein). The board said the change is intended to clarify how school fees will be applied beginning in the 2025–26 school year.
The action grew out of House Bill 415 from the 2024 legislative session, which combined two previously separate definitions into one. “The new defined term is instructional equipment and supplies,”…
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