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Board debates whether Canyon should be a provider for Utah Fits‑All scholarships
Summary
The board weighed the benefits and tradeoffs of signing up as a provider for the state's Utah Fits‑All scholarship (up to 10,000 awards at $8,000 each). Administration recommended enrolling as a provider and managing placements centrally; board members raised equity, boundary and liability concerns and asked for application parameters and risk analysis.
Leon Wilcox, the district's business administrator, briefed the board on the Utah Fits‑All scholarship program and options for Canyon School District to become a provider.
Wilcox said the state program awards up to 10,000 scholarships at $8,000 each and that districts choosing to be providers can accept scholarship students subject to state rules. "If anybody who gets a scholarship cannot attend our schools," Wilcox said, explaining that the scholarship funding would not be routed to district general fund WPU in the same way as regular enrollments.
Leon outlined…
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