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Senate debates $9 million fiscal note for S.B. 324 outcome-based grant pilot
Summary
S.B. 324, an outcome-based investment grant pilot requiring applicants to define outcomes and independent evaluation, advanced on the Senate floor after debate over a $9,000,000 fiscal note drawn from school funds. Senators questioned whether grant funding diverts money from classrooms.
Senator Musselman presented S.B. 324 to the Utah Senate on March 2, describing a pilot program that would require grant applicants to define targeted outcomes, explain measurement methods and use independent evaluation overseen by the Office of the Legislative Auditor General.
Senator Musselman said the bill’s structure focuses on rigor and independence: applicants must define intended outcomes, identify evaluation methodology including…
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