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Utah Senate advances school‑funding equalization bill after hours of debate
Summary
Senate Bill 145, a multi‑part education funding proposal that increases at‑risk funding and changes how growth revenue is distributed, was advanced for third reading after extended floor debate about tradeoffs with the weighted pupil unit and property tax capacity.
Senate Bill 145, a broad proposal to move state education funding toward greater equalization, advanced on the Utah Senate floor after more than an hour of debate on the bill’s funding approach and local impacts.
Senator Fillmore, the bill’s floor sponsor, told colleagues the bill seeks to ‘‘recognize the fact that your ZIP code should not determine the value of your education’’ and outlined provisions that would add $15 million to the at‑risk enhancement, broaden the at‑risk definition to include homelessness and transiency, increase transportation match funding and provide targeted help for small rural schools. ‘‘This proposal seeks to grow education funding a little bit faster for those school districts that are current losers in the…
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