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Committee approves changes to Utah Fits All scholarship program after intense public testimony
Summary
Lawmakers moved a second substitute of HB 455 that tightens administration, adjusts scholarship amounts and clarifies allowable expenses for the Utah Fits All scholarship; the committee approved the measure after hours of testimony from hundreds of families and providers.
The Education Interim Committee reported a second substitute of HB 455, which revises the Utah Fits All (UFA) scholarship program, after extensive testimony from parents, providers and advocates both in favor and opposed.
Representative Ashlyn Perucci, sponsor, said the bill is intended to create administrative guardrails after the program's first year of operations. She told the committee the program served about 10,000 students in its first academic year, 95% of them described as low-income under the statute, and had a wait list of about 17,000 students. The substitute sets different scholarship…
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