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Senate adopts substitute to student scholarship bill, clarifies deferral process
Summary
The Utah Senate approved a substitute to Senate Bill 64 that changes how a centennial scholarship may be deferred, making the student — not the State Board of Education — responsible for deferring the scholarship application; the substitute passed on a 28-0 roll call.
The Utah Senate on the floor approved a substitute to Senate Bill 64, a student scholarship amendment that clarifies how a qualifying student may defer use of the centennial scholarship after high school.
Sponsor Senator Fillmore told colleagues the substitute rewrites section 4 so a student — rather than the State Board of Education — may defer the scholarship application in the year following high school graduation. "Rather than phrase this as defer the scholarship, a student would defer the scholarship," the sponsor said, explaining the change was meant to prevent the State Board from performing a banking function.
Senator Davis asked for additional time to review the change because the bill was on third reading, noting concern about whether the change constituted a policy change. Fillmore replied the intent was to clarify existing practice and offered to place intent language in the Senate Journal after passage. After brief discussion, the chamber substituted the bill and then approved the substitute by roll call; the clerk reported the Substitute Senate Bill 64 received 28 "yay" votes and 0 "nay" votes.
The sponsor said the substitute does not change substantive policy but aligns statutory wording with current practice so that scholarship administration reflects the legislature's intent. The bill will proceed to the next steps required for enactment.
The Senate then resumed other business and recognized visiting student groups in the rotunda.
