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Senate advances school‑accountability package after heated debate over funding
Summary
The Utah Senate advanced House Bill 177, a task‑force product to expand student testing and public reporting, after hours of debate over funding levels and whether the state can afford the program. Senators split over the bill’s $3.5 million committee appropriation versus an original $7 million request; the measure moves to third reading.
The Utah Senate moved House Bill 177, the task‑force bill on assessing, reporting and evaluating student performance, to the third‑reading calendar following extended floor debate over testing goals and funding.
Senator Stevenson, sponsor of the bill, told the Senate the measure would continue the Stanford‑9 reporting and add criterion‑referenced assessments, a 10th‑grade competency check and writing assessments for grades six and nine. “This bill was unanimously supported by every single member of the task force,” he said, arguing the changes were developed with educators and intended to help students improve.
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