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Utah Senate advances bill after floor fight over whether teachers' private conduct can be regulated
Summary
The Utah Senate advanced Senate Bill 246 after a floor debate over an amendment that would change a teacher‑conduct standard from "private" to "official" capacity; the measure moved forward on a roll‑call tally of 18 ayes, 8 nays and 3 absent.
The Utah Senate on the floor debated an amendment to Senate Bill 246 that would change language in the bill from applying to a teacher in a "private" capacity to an "official" capacity, and then advanced the measure to the bottom of the third‑reading calendar.
Supporters, including Speaker 1, urged colleagues to adopt the wording change so that teachers would be held to professional standards. "When we change private to official that we give each and every one of us in here that opportunity to do it," Speaker 1 said, urging support for…
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