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Senate moves to read education bill again amid concerns about charter expansion and fiscal note
Summary
The Utah Senate advanced First Substitute Senate Bill 80, a standalone measure separating kindergarten funding from the main education appropriations act, voting to read it for a third time after senators expressed concern about a potential $362,000,000 fiscal exposure and the prospect of expanding charter schools without oversight.
The Utah Senate on the floor advanced First Substitute Senate Bill 80 — a measure that separates kindergarten programming from the main education appropriations act — voting to have the bill read for a third time as the chamber prepared to exchange appropriation figures with the House.
An unidentified senator explaining the bill said Senator Hilliard had run the kindergarten program as a separate bill because of the one-subject rule and that all funding included here would…
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