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Utah House approves bill to promote competency-based education pilot funding after heated floor debate
Summary
After spirited debate over funding and implementation, the Utah House passed House Bill 3 93 to encourage locally designed competency-based education programs and authorize state-board rulemaking on funding models; the measure passed 43-26 and will go to the Senate.
The Utah House passed House Bill 3 93 on March 7, 2013, advancing a measure that urges local school boards and charter schools to explore competency-based education programs and asks the State Board of Education to consider rulemaking for funding models. Representative Hughes, the bill sponsor, said the bill “does not dictate, require, [or] mandate” implementation and is intended to “encourage standards that may exceed, but certainly not replace, our current core curriculum.”
Supporters described the bill as a way to let students who demonstrate mastery move ahead without being constrained by…
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