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House approves largest education package in years, boosts reading funds and weighted pupil unit
Summary
The House passed Senate Bill 3 (Minimum School Program Act) with significant increases to the weighted pupil unit and a $5 million reading initiative; several floor amendments (including a proposal to fund a university reading center) were debated and defeated.
The Utah House approved the Minimum School Program Act (Senate Bill 3) on Feb. 29, 2000, approving increases to the weighted pupil unit and placing $5,000,000 in a reading initiative while adding onetime funds for textbooks and supplies. The bill passed the House 69–2.
Representative Howard A. Stevenson summarized SB3 and the Senate amendments, noting a $105 increase in the weighted pupil unit in the bill text and a substantial package of funding changes across K–12 programs. The bill includes a…
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