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Utah House passes HB2 after clash over charter-school growth cap and school budget cuts
Summary
The Utah House on March 9 approved House Bill 2, a set of minimum school program budget amendments that cut multiple line items and caps charter-school growth; a bid to delay the moratorium on charter expansion failed 32–41 after extended floor debate.
The Utah House of Representatives passed House Bill 2 on March 9, adopting changes to the state’s minimum school program that reduce multiple below-the-line items and restrict charter-school expansion.
Representative Berlin Newbold, sponsor of HB2, told colleagues the bill caps charter-school growth, eliminates some set-asides and block grants, reduces many line items by about 10 percent and adjusts the basic levy and rate to account for lower property values. "If you look on lines 2 98 to 3 13 ... these are the items that are covered in the minimum school program," Newbold said during her floor explanation, walking members through the bill’s major provisions.
The bill removes the career-and-technology education set-aside, eliminates the local discretionary block…
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