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Senate advances major school-finance package after heated floor discussion
Summary
House Bill 475, a major school finance measure with a $6 million transfer to increase the WPU and other education investments, passed the Senate after members called the question; the clerk reported 20 ayes and 1 nay on final passage.
The Utah Senate passed House Bill 475, a school finance package that lawmakers described on the floor as the largest infusion of education funding in state history to that point.
Senator Hilliard, speaking on behalf of the measure, summarized the bill as part of the ongoing 1991 budget: 'As you know, we've infused more money into schools than we ever…
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