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Senate amends education bill to fund long-distance learning in nine counties
Summary
The Senate amended and passed Senate Bill 124 to expand the Utah Education Network's higher-education offerings to nine underserved counties, approving $441,000 in one-time downlink funding and $302,000 in ongoing support and moving the amended bill to third reading after changing the funding source to the Uniform School Fund.
The Utah State Senate on Monday amended and passed Senate Bill 124 to enable the Utah Education Network to offer higher-education classes in nine counties that lack long-distance learning links.
Sponsor Senator Evans told the chamber the bill requests $441,000 in one-time money to install downlink equipment and $302,000 for ongoing program costs to provide post-secondary education in Beaver, Daggett, Garfield, Juab, Kane, Morgan, Piute,…
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