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Senate rejects substitute to fast‑track school‑district division study and initiative pathway
Summary
A proposed second substitute for House Bill 22 that would reinstate a study of school size and add a public initiative pathway failed on the Senate floor 13–15; sponsors said the substitute narrows implementation and delays any action to Feb. 2004, while opponents warned of churning and added administrative costs.
The Utah Senate debated House Bill 22 on Feb. 28, 2000 before voting down a second substitute that would have reinstated a study on school district size and established a high‑threshold public initiative path for dividing districts. Sponsor Senator Peterson said the substitute restores Representative Cox’s original study and pushes any implementation to Feb. 2004 to allow the education interim committee to review the…
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