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House passes bill trimming 'quality teaching' block grant; attempt to require district certification fails
Summary
Senate Bill 5,010 passed the House 45-24 after members debated a $5 million reduction to the quality teaching block grant. An amendment that would have required districts to certify the cut did not pass; supporters said the cut targets new training funding, opponents called the certification micromanagement.
The Utah House approved Senate Bill 5,010, which implements part of the special‑session cuts to public education, including a $5,000,000 reduction to the 'quality teaching' block grant that had provided new funding for teacher training and other purposes.
Representative Delray told members the bill represents "only half of the budget cuts that were made in public ed appropriations" and that $5,000,000 of the quality teaching block grant would be removed; the block grant previously totaled about $69,178,000…
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