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Senate approves substitute bill to tie future WPU growth to aid lowest-funded districts
Summary
The Utah Senate passed a first substitute to Senate Bill 244 that changes how future weighted pupil unit (WPU) growth is distributed, directing one-third of future WPU increases toward lower-funded districts to narrow funding gaps; the substitute removes a prior charter-local-replacement provision and delays effectiveness until July 1, 2017.
The Utah Senate on March 7 approved a first substitute to Senate Bill 244, a school funding measure that alters the formula for distributing future increases in the state's weighted pupil unit (WPU). The substitute removes an earlier provision that would have required school districts to contribute 25 percent of local revenue to charter schools and instead creates an "equity pupil unit" mechanism that directs one-third of future WPU growth toward the state guarantee and lower-funded districts.
Sponsor Senator Fillmore, who presented the substitute on the floor, said the bill does not appropriate new money for the current…
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