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House adopts amendment directing five‑year education budgeting; Senate Bill 212 passes House after heated debate
Summary
After extended floor debate, the Utah House adopted an amendment instructing the State Board of Education and fiscal analysts to prepare five‑year budgets that fund enrollment growth and increase per‑pupil funding by cost‑of‑living plus 2%; Senate Bill 212 passed the House 55–17 and returns to the Senate for action.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House of Representatives adopted new intent language and passed Senate Bill 212, a wide‑ranging update to the state’s minimum school program, after an extended floor debate on Feb. 26, 1992.
Representative Bradford, the bill’s floor sponsor, opened debate by describing the size of the education appropriation and the bill’s priorities for special education, technology and the weighted pupil unit. “This year, Senate Bill 212 reflects again an additional substantial growth in the amount of money that we’re spending in public education,” Bradford said on the floor.
The most contested change was a floor amendment, offered by Representative Atkinson, that…
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