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Senate rejects late substitute limiting classroom displays and prescribing flags policy
Summary
A late-session substitute to House Bill 477 that would have tightened rules on flags and classroom displays failed in the Senate after extended debate about local control, teachers’ free-speech rights and the rushed process; the substitute vote was 9–20 in favor of rejection.
A broad and controversial substitute to House Bill 4 77 — addressing school-employee conduct and what flags or displays may be exhibited in classrooms — failed in the Utah Senate on Feb. 29 after vigorous debate about process and content.
Senator McKay presented the substitute, saying it was intended to keep politics out of classrooms and provide content-neutral rules about displays. Opponents,…
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