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House passes $1 million grant program for English-language instructional tools
Summary
The House passed First Substitute HB69 to create a competitive grant program for supplemental English-language arts software and writing tools, with the sponsor seeking a $1 million appropriation aimed at reaching roughly half the state’s students in grades 4–12.
The Utah House passed First Substitute House Bill 69 on a 39–33 vote, approving a competitive grant program to provide supplemental English language arts instructional software and writing tools to public and charter schools.
Representative Moss, the bill sponsor, told colleagues the program would distribute grants through an RFP and would support both reading and writing instruction. “We’re asking for an appropriation of a million dollars,” Moss said, adding that that amount would serve about half the state’s 420,000 students in grades 4 through 12 at “approximately $6.06 per student.”
Moss said the program is intended…
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