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House passes school-construction equalization bill after heated debate on taxes, growth carve-outs
Summary
House passage of substitute Senate Bill 199 moves a new statewide capital-outlay equalization plan forward: the measure reallocates two mills statewide, caps capital outlay at 12 mills, phases in funding over four years, and passed amid debate (48-22) over local tax impacts and growth exemptions.
The Utah House passed substitute Senate Bill 199 on March 3 after an extended and sometimes contentious debate over tax impacts, growth exemptions and distribution formulas for school construction funding.
Sponsor Representative Birmingham framed the bill as an effort to address a statewide school-construction crisis that had left many districts overcrowded and unable to build new facilities quickly. He described the measure’s key features: “It takes 2 mills from the Capital Outlay debt service and assesses it statewide,” caps…
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