Senate passes bill on creation of small school districts
After two days of debate, a bill that details the creation of small school districts passed in the Senate on Wednesday.
SB30 now moves on to the House for approval.
An amendment to the bill also gained the Senate’s approval and will allow constituents to vote on the issue in 2007, rather than in 2008.
“There’s plenty of time for us to have additional bites of the apple on this before this could possibly become effective,” said Sen. Curtis Bramble, R-Provo, who sponsored the amendment.
Senators on Tuesday had approved an amendment by one vote that put the vote in the 2008 election, when bigger items would be on the ballot. The change concerned numerous city leaders, many of whom have moved ahead with feasibility studies to determine if it’s effective for them to split from their current massive school districts and form a smaller, locally controlled district.
