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House agrees to front up to $500,000 so nine districts can continue online assessment pilot
Summary
Representative Throckmorton’s amendment (amendment #1) authorized fronting up to $500,000 from the state budget so nine school districts could continue an online assessment pilot while a pending federal grant is finalized; proponents said federal funds will reimburse the state and the pilot yields fast results for teachers.
Representative Scott Throckmorton offered amendment number 1 to the budget bill to allow the state to front up to $500,000 so nine school districts (including Ogden, Davis, Salt Lake, Murray, Granite, Jordan, Provo, Nebo and Emery) could continue an online assessment pilot this fall while a federal grant is finalized in Washington.
Throckmorton said the federal grant has been applied for and is expected to be approved; fronting a smaller portion of the money…
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