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House approves bill to trim duplicative education reports; lawmakers debate accountability

Utah House of Representatives · January 31, 2003
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Summary

House members approved a substitute to House Bill 39, which removes or consolidates several state education reporting requirements the sponsor said are duplicative or unfunded; supporters called it efficiency, some members warned it could reduce accountability unless oversight is preserved.

Representative Margaret Dayton, sponsor of the first substitute to House Bill 39, told colleagues the legislation emerged from an education task force and aims to eliminate reports that are no longer funded, are duplicative, or are consolidated within the superintendent’s annual report. Dayton said essential information would still be available upon request and through existing annual…

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