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Senate advances substitute to change school funding distribution to current‑year enrollment

Utah State Senate · February 17, 2026
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Summary

Senate Bill 62’s second substitute would fund local education agencies based on current­-year (Oct. 1) enrollment instead of prior-year averages and earmark savings to special education and at-risk increments; sponsor said the change redirects existing resources rather than reducing overall school funding.

Senator Fillmore presented a second substitute to Senate Bill 62 that would move the distribution formula for school funding from a prior‑year average model to current‑year enrollment measured on Oct. 1. The second substitute identifies where resulting savings would be reinvested —…

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