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House amends school base budget after heated floor debate over growth funding
Summary
Lawmakers debated amendments to the minimum school program on Jan. 25, focusing on whether routine growth items — including applied technology and class‑size reduction — belong in the base budget. A substitute amendment to add two growth items passed and the House later circled the bill for further floor amendment.
The Utah House on Jan. 25 amended the minimum school program base budget (Senate Bill 3) after a contentious floor debate over which growth items belong in a base budget. Representative Gordon Snow, sponsor of the bill, proposed numeric corrections to line items in the base budget; Representative Jim Morgan (substitute mover) urged adding growth funding for applied technology and classroom‑size reduction so the base budget would include student‑driven increases.
“Those are the items that are above the…
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