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House rejects amended charter school funding bill after lengthy debate
Summary
After hours of debate on Feb. 25, 2010, the Utah House defeated House Bill 278 (Charter School Funding Amendments), which included an amendment capping local replacement funding for virtual charter schools at $500; the final vote was 33–41.
Representative Ron Bigelow, sponsor of House Bill 278 (Charter School Funding Amendments), presented the bill and an amendment to cap local replacement funding for virtual charter schools at $500 and described a phased, four‑year implementation and continued state payment of the debt‑service equivalent. “It's for virtual charter schools, that is, that have no campus,” Bigelow said, and described the $500 cap as “more equitable” compared with the larger local replacement amounts previously used.
Why it matters: The bill would reshape how local replacement funds follow students, shifting some funding that had been carried at the state level back into calculations tied to local levies. Sponsors argued the…
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