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Senate moves dozens of measures: charter-school cap, appropriations, curriculum assessment and enterprise-zone changes
Summary
In a busy floor session the Utah Senate concurred on charter school amendments expanding slots, accepted a housing trust fund conference report, reconsidered and passed a school-based violence-prevention assessment bill, amended enterprise-zone caps and passed multiple appropriations and policy measures.
The Utah Senate cleared a string of bills and procedural actions in its Feb. 23 floor session, approving amendments, accepting conference committee recommendations and passing a range of appropriations and policy measures that will now be transmitted to the House or returned for signature.
Charter schools: The Senate concurred with House amendments to Senate Bill 169 that, as amended, allow 4 new charter schools this year and 4 next year (eight additional schools beyond current charters). Senator Stevenson said the change "increased the number of charters allowed by the state school board by 4 per year and limit it to 4 new charter schools this year and 4 new charter schools next year," and…
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