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House rejects career-ladder performance awards bill after intense floor fight
Summary
A proposal to redirect career-ladder funds into school-based performance awards (H.B.120) failed in the House after a contentious floor battle over accountability measures, student measures and local control; final vote 29–43 against the bill.
SALT LAKE CITY — A reform to Utah’s career-ladder program that would have reallocated performance funds to school-based awards tied to student achievement did not clear the Utah House on March 1.
Representative Bill Wright presented H.B.120 as a plan to link a portion of the state’s career-ladder funds to school performance and to return money to schools based on student…
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