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Senate passes measure to stabilize K–12 funding and advances related constitutional referral
Summary
Senators approved a second-substitute education funding bill (HB 357) that would create a constitutionally protected fund and ongoing stabilization mechanisms tied to new revenue, and will send related language to voters via SJR 9; an amendment to delay some provisions failed on the floor.
The Utah Senate on March 5 approved a second-substitute bill aimed at stabilizing public education funding and advanced related constitutional language for voter consideration.
Sponsor Senator Millner framed the package as a structure to make school funding more predictable without new taxes, saying, "There are no new taxes in this bill." He told senators the bill would move portions of the Minimum School Program into a constitutionally protected account for K–12 education, include annual base-budget funding for enrollment growth and an inflation factor,…
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