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Committee advances overhaul of Utah Fits All scholarship with new guardrails
Summary
The Senate Education Committee recommended House Bill 467 (fourth substitute) favorably after sponsors removed accreditation requirements for private schools, added eligibility checks for private providers, strengthened customer-service and reimbursement rules for the program manager, and required annual legislative audits of the Utah Fits All Scholarship program.
The Senate Education Committee on its final week of session voted to send House Bill 467 (fourth substitute) to the full Senate with a favorable recommendation after Representative Perucci presented the measure as a cleanup and accountability package for the Utah Fits All Scholarship program.
Representative Perucci described the substitute as a year‑two refinement of the program, saying more than 15,000 students participate and that the bill clarifies preapproval procedures, tightens private‑school reimbursement eligibility and protects scholarship dollars from pass‑through providers. The bill removes an accreditation requirement and replaces it with a set of criteria (families must show four…
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