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Senate approves teacher pay package and $42M "Utah Fits All" scholarship in 20–8 vote
Summary
The Utah Senate passed Third Substitute House Bill 215 on Jan. 26, 2023, approving nearly $200 million intended for teacher salary increases and creating the 'Utah Fits All' scholarship with a $42 million appropriation; the measure passed 20–8 and returns to the House.
The Utah Senate voted 20–8 on Jan. 26 to approve Third Substitute House Bill 215, a combined package that appropriates nearly $200 million to increase teacher salaries and establishes the "Utah Fits All" scholarship, a sum-certain education scholarship that program managers will use to fund preapproved education expenses.
Sponsor Senator Brad Cullimore summarized the measure as doing two things: "1, it nearly it it appropriates nearly $200,000,000 for teacher salaries, which equates to $6,000 for each teacher in their compensation. It then also sets up the Utah Fits All scholarship." Cullimore said the scholarship fund is "a sum certain. It's $42,000,000 is what we're appropriating with no growth factor." The bill passed under a roll-call vote and will be returned to the House.
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