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House approves formula change to fund students with disabilities

Utah House of Representatives · February 5, 2021

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Summary

Lawmakers approved HB 105 to change the special-education funding formula so the state funds students with disabilities more responsively by using the prior year's membership plus recent growth and raising growth caps for districts; the House passed the bill 68-0 and sent it to the Senate.

The Utah House approved a bill aimed at reducing a lag in funding for students with disabilities by changing how the state calculates special-education allocations.

Representative Judkins, sponsor of House Bill 105, said the existing formula uses a five-year average and creates a two-year lag…

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