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House freezes charter school funding method for two years amid auditor concerns
Summary
First substitute Senate Bill 272 freezes the method for funding charter schools for two years while a task force studies long-term policy. The House passed the bill 54-21 after floor debate about fiscal impacts and an auditor report alleging improper funding.
The Utah House on March 14 approved first substitute Senate Bill 272, a two-year freeze of the charter-school funding method that keeps charter funding based on October 1 student counts while the Legislature convenes a task force to review policy.
Representative Last, the House sponsor, said the freeze provides "consistency during the next 2 years while we evaluate…
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