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Senate advances school‑uniform pilot process after heated debate on fees and choice
Summary
Senate Bill 15, which creates a process by which local schools or parents can initiate pilot school uniform policies, advanced to third reading after extended debate over fee waivers, parental choice, equity, and expected local control; final floor placement recorded 18–6–5.
The Utah Senate moved Senate Bill 15 forward after one of the day's longest floor debates, as senators balanced concerns about cost and parental choice against arguments about discipline and equality.
Senator Stevenson, sponsor of SB 15, described the bill as a voluntary mechanism by which school councils or parents can petition to adopt a school uniform policy and by which parents opposed can circulate a petition to contest a…
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