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House concurs with Senate changes to school funding bill after debate over charter approvals and $300,000 pilot fund
Summary
The Utah House voted to concur with Senate amendments to First Substitute House Bill 2, approving minimum school program budget changes that delay charter-school final approval timing and redirect $300,000 toward a teacher performance-pay pilot; the measure passed 47–27.
The Utah House on March 11 concurred with Senate amendments to First Substitute House Bill 2, a package of changes to the state's minimum school program, after members debated charter-school approval timing and a $300,000 reallocation for a teacher performance-pay pilot.
Representative Merlin Newbold, the bill sponsor, explained the Senate's substitute creates a two-step approval process for new charter schools: the State Board of Education would give tentative approval on Nov. 30 two years before a school opens, the legislature would then vote during the following session to increase charter…
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