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House approves bill limiting Utah’s obligations under No Child Left Behind while preserving Title I funds
Summary
The House passed a substituted version of House Bill 43 that offers 'No Child Left Behind options' intended to avoid unfunded state obligations while retaining federal Title I funds; the vote was 64–8 and the measure is scheduled for Senate consideration.
The Utah House of Representatives voted 64–8 on Feb. 20 to pass the first substitute to House Bill 43, a measure sponsored by Representative Margaret Dayton that reframes an earlier "opt out" proposal as a set of state "options" for responding to the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
Dayton told the House the substitute title and language were crafted to avoid jeopardizing roughly $106,000,000 in Title I funds while reserving the state's discretion over…
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