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Senate advances major school-funding package, approves SB 5 with a 6% WPU increase; votes at a glance
Summary
The Utah Senate passed Senate Bill 5, a multi-part minimum school program funding bill including a 6% increase in the weighted pupil unit and pilots for math improvement; the chamber adopted several amendments and passed the bill 24–4–1. The session recorded multiple other concurrence and third-reading votes that were referred to the House.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 28 passed Senate Bill 5, a major package of amendments to the minimum school program that the sponsor described as allocating new money for enrollment growth, teacher quality, interventions, pupil transportation and a 6% increase in the weighted pupil unit (WPU).
Floor action and amendments Senators adopted several floor changes, including a temporary foreign-exchange-student provision and statutory language to create a charter-school study and a cap mechanism (five charters or 5,000 students, the lesser) for short-term management of…
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