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Utah Senate debate centers on volunteer-hour threshold for school community councils
Summary
Sen. Maine proposed amending SB 49 to lower an 18-hour-per-week committee threshold to 6 hours to preserve parents' eligibility on school community councils; senators debated whether the bill's wording ('requires' vs. 'average') would permit employed school personnel who work more hours to remain eligible, and senators moved to 'circle' the bill for language refinement.
Sen. Maine offered a floor amendment to Senate Bill 49 on Feb. 9, proposing to reduce the committee amendment's 18-hour-per-week threshold to 6 hours so that parents who are true volunteers — who might work an hour or two at school — remain eligible to serve on school community councils.
"I'd like to make an amendment on line 32... to place the number 6, so that that would say the school normally requires an average of less than 6 hours per week," Sen. Maine said, explaining the change was intended to…
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