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Senate approves micro‑school zoning bill after debate over alcohol proximity and oversight
Summary
Second substitute SB 13 creates a defined regulatory category for micro schools, allows them as approved uses in commercial and residential zones and exempts them from counting as 'community centers' for alcohol‑proximity rules; the measure passed 21‑6 after extensive floor debate on safety and parity with public schools.
The Utah Senate advanced second substitute Senate Bill 13 on day 22, a bill that defines and provides zoning guidance for "micro schools" — small, often private or home‑based educational enterprises that seek to operate in commercial or residential spaces.
Senator Fillmore, the bill sponsor, said the measure clarifies a gap in state law and provides cities with a regulatory framework for micro schools. He told colleagues the bill allows micro schools to be…
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