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House rejects six-year early‑learning pilot after fiscal reduction and divided debate
Summary
The Utah House defeated first substitute House Bill 200, a web-based early‑childhood learning pilot with a large evaluation component, after members split over pilot length, reduced funding and safeguards; final vote recorded 31 yes, 37 no, 7 absent.
The Utah House on March 1 voted down first substitute House Bill 200, an early‑childhood learning and evaluation pilot, after heated debate about scope, duration and the program’s reduced fiscal note.
Representative Brad Last, the bill sponsor, told colleagues the proposal would test software intended to prepare children for kindergarten and measure long‑term effects through a multi‑year evaluation. "It's a new concept. It's an idea," Last said, adding the fiscal note had been cut substantially from an initial near $10 million estimate to about $2,500,000 and that the…
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