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Senate advances school-fee overhaul after audit finds about $71 million collected annually
Summary
The Utah Senate advanced First Substitute House Bill 250, as amended, moving it to third reading after lawmakers and the sponsor said a state audit found more than $71 million in school fees and longstanding noncompliance with a 1994 injunction. Amendment 4 clarified deposits and optional insurance are not treated as fees.
The Utah Senate on the floor advanced First Substitute House Bill 250, a package of school-fee reforms that sponsors say responds to a recent audit showing school districts collect more than $71,000,000 in fees annually and that a 1994 Third District Court injunction requiring waivable fees has been widely ignored. Senator Henderson, the bill sponsor on the floor, said the measure defines what counts as a fee, sets conditions under which a local education agency may charge fees, requires corrective action by the State…
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