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Senate advances sweeping education-code rewrite after extended debate
Summary
Senators debated First Substitute House Bill 360, a comprehensive education-code rewrite that sponsors said would 'put parents in charge,' create a 10-year strategic plan and audit decades of education code; the bill was circled for detail, amended and later advanced with a recorded vote.
First Substitute House Bill 360, a broad rewrite of Utah’s education code aimed at consolidating hundreds of pages of law and producing a 10-year strategic plan, drew extended floor debate before the Senate advanced the measure.
Senator Dayton, the Senate floor sponsor, described the proposal as “an agreed to approach with the state office of education and the state board to create a 10 year forward looking plan,” and said the bill also calls for a review of the last 15 years of education code to “clean up” redundant or outdated provisions. Dayton asked colleagues to allow additional time for discussion, moving to “circle” the bill so he could address detailed questions in follow-up sessions; the motion to circle passed (motion…
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