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Senate approves special-needs scholarship after negotiations with governor
Summary
The Utah Senate passed the first substitute to HB 4003, creating a means‑tested scholarship and tax-credit funded scholarships for students with disabilities, adding oversight and a one‑year feasibility study to evaluate integration with existing programs.
The Utah State Senate passed the first substitute to House Bill 4003 on April 20, approving a special‑needs scholarship program that sets scholarship amounts by family income, adds oversight requirements and requires a one‑year feasibility study to consider combining the program with existing state offerings.
Sponsor Senator Fillmore, the floor sponsor, said the substitute reflects an agreement with the governor and ‘‘includes means testing for scholarship amounts, enhanced oversight and a feasibility study after one year’’ to evaluate how the new program could work alongside the Carson Smith scholarship. ‘‘This is an enhancement and an expansion,’’ Fillmore…
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