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Senate approves amendment to school trust cap, places 24-hour hold after drafting error
Summary
The Utah Senate voted to replace a fixed cap on a school trust fund with a cap equal to 1.5% of the Minimum School Program but the president placed a 24-hour hold after discovering missing amendment language; senators who opposed the cap characterized their votes as protests.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate approved an amendment to alter the cap on a school-related trust from a fixed-dollar ceiling to a figure tied to the Minimum School Program, but the chamber placed a 24-hour administrative hold after senators discovered text missing from the adopted amendment.
Senator Hickman, who presented the amendment, said it “shifts the cap from a dollar amount to a percentage of the minimum school program” at 1.5 percent so “it will move with that minimum school program year after year” rather than remain a fixed ceiling. Proponents said the change makes the cap…
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