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Senate advances education recodification package, passes SB11 and SB12 under suspension
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Summary
Senator Milner told the Senate the four-bill recodification reorganizes decades-old education code into sections for local administration, state system and funding; SB11 and SB12 were passed under suspension and transmitted to the House. House bills 10 and 11 were also taken up and passed in the Senate.
Senator Milner presented a multi-bill effort to recodify Utah’s public-education statutes, telling the Senate the code has not been reorganized in 35 years and that the package is intended to make future substantive recodification feasible.
SB 11 consolidates provisions related to local administration of public education and renumbers provisions for clarity. Milner said the work was produced through an open process with input from the State Board of Education and legislators and that a cross-reference bill will show where items moved in the new code. Under suspension of the rules the Senate moved SB 11 for final passage; the clerk recorded SB 11 as having received 26 "yay" votes, 0 "nay," and 3 absences and ordered it transmitted to the House.
SB 12 contains cross references and a small number of minor repeals, removing obsolete references such as direct citations to federal programs that no longer match current federal law. The Senate passed SB 12 under suspension of the rules (the record shows 28 "yay" votes).
Senators then took up companion House bills (House Bill 10, reorganizing the code for the state-level education system; House Bill 11, reorganizing funding provisions). Under suspension of the rules both House bills were passed on the Senate floor and will be transmitted for further House action.
Senator Milner thanked staff and named multiple legislative staff leaders who supported the effort. No floor amendments were recorded during the Senate consideration documented in the transcript.
