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House approves changes to statewide online education program; audit of Electronic High School restored
Summary
Lawmakers approved a substitute to Senate Bill 178 that codifies a tiered pricing structure for online courses, clarifies LEA contracting and course limits, and reinstates an audit requirement for the Electronic High School; the measure passed after multiple amendments and debate.
The Utah House on March 6 approved a revised statewide online education framework under first substitute Senate Bill 178, adopting technical changes, price caps, and an audit requirement for the Electronic High School.
Representative Dott, the floor sponsor, described the state’s experience with online education and said districts had created consortiums that drove down prices; the substitute codifies those consortium provisions and establishes a tiered fee schedule with caps (for example, a maximum for core courses). "When we started out, we anticipated primarily core courses," the sponsor said, explaining why tiered…
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