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Utah Senate rejects alternative-education tax credit amid voucher debate
Summary
Senators debated SB 242, a refundable tax credit for parents who disenroll children from public schools and enroll them in private or home-school settings during extraordinary circumstances; opponents said it looked like a voucher and raised constitutional and public-funding concerns; the bill failed 12–14 with 3 absent.
The Utah Senate extensively debated Senate Bill 242, a measure to create a refundable tax credit for parents who disenroll children from public schools and enroll them in private or home-school programs, and ultimately voted to file the bill after a close roll-call vote.
Sponsor Senator Johnson described SB 242 as a narrowly targeted response to “extraordinary circumstances” that forced parents to seek alternatives to public schooling. "They would actually have to disenroll from public education and…
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