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House approves bill separating city annexation from school-district boundary changes after heated debate
Summary
By a 26-23 vote, the Utah House passed HB 386 to let cities annex without automatically changing school-district boundaries and to create a committee process to resolve boundary disputes; proponents said the bill advances educational priorities, opponents warned of local disruption to long-standing city-school arrangements.
The Utah House on Feb. 21 passed House Bill 386, a measure that removes an automatic link between city annexations and school-district boundary changes in five city school districts and creates a committee-based procedure for resolving boundary disagreements.
Representative Richard Bigelow, sponsor of the bill, told the House the legislation "separates the two issues" of city annexation and school-district boundaries and provides a process for school boards to work together; an amendment adopted on the floor establishes how a dispute would be…
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