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Senate advances bill setting statewide criteria for school clubs after heated debate
Summary
The Utah Senate substituted and advanced Senate Bill 97, which sets state-level criteria schools may use to evaluate student clubs, after floor debate over whether gay–straight alliance clubs recruit students; the substitute moved to third-reading on a 18–11 roll call.
The Utah Senate on the floor Thursday advanced a substitute to Senate Bill 97, a measure that outlines criteria schools may use when evaluating extracurricular student clubs. Sponsor Senator Scott Butters argued the bill does not outlaw any club but instead provides uniform standards so smaller school districts need not hire repeated legal advice to defend local decisions.
Butters said, “The first thing it doesn't do is outlaw any club,” and described the substitute as a way to “put its arms around all clubs” so each of Utah’s 40 school districts can apply consistent criteria. He also asked the…
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