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Utah House clears way for income-tax checkoff to benefit school foundations
Summary
The Utah House passed House Bill 236 on Feb. 13, 1990, establishing an income-tax checkoff to let taxpayers donate directly to local school foundations; lawmakers debated whether donations should be strictly for foundations or allowed to be directed to other education programs and raised concerns over administrative costs for tax-form redesign.
House Bill 236, which creates an income-tax checkoff for local school foundations, passed the Utah House on Feb. 13, 1990, by a 44-25 vote and will be transmitted to the Senate.
Supporters, led by Representative Pat Nicks, described the checkoff as a simple way for Utahns to learn about and privately donate to local school foundations. "This increases the exposure to the public that this foundation exists and that it can be there…
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