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House passes modified HB 407 to delay statewide education-system replacement and target frequent criminal-justice 'utilizers'
Summary
The House approved a second substitute to HB 407 that pauses a planned replacement of the state's Aspire education data system, sets a five-year compatibility target for LEAs, reserves $10 million previously appropriated for LEA data improvements, and includes provisions to identify frequent criminal-justice ‘utilizers’ for different pretrial options; second substitute HB 407 passed 72-1.
The Utah House on March 3 passed a substantially revised HB 407 that narrows an original proposal to replace the state's education data system and adds a criminal-justice provision aimed at identifying repeat "frequent utilizers" of the courts.
Representative McPherson, sponsor of the measure, described the second substitute as a pared-down approach: instead of an immediate statewide replacement of the Aspire system, the bill sets a five-year compliance target for local education agencies (LEAs) to become compatible with the state-managed system. McPherson…
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