Utah Senate committee votes to advance a school voucher bill that will allow parents to receive public funds to send their children to private schools.
House Bill 215 will give scholarship money to parents who choose to take their children out of public schools. It would also give Utah teachers an additional $6,000 raise every year.Before Monday's vote, the committee heard public comment from those supporting and opposing the bill.
Many of those against the bill are members of the Utah Education Association, or teachers unions who feel students and teachers in the state's public school system deserve more.
The bill's sponsors say they understand a lot of opposition comes from funding, but they say the scholarships will not take away from the public education budget and that it is a priority of the legislature to continue to fund and support public education and Utah's teachers "If we stay with what we have we know, what we will get? Many children are educationally supported with the current systems, but not all. The status quo does not fit every student," said bill supporter Nicole Mason."I understand creating a new category of student can be tricky, and I'm grateful for those who are willing to roll up their sleeves and work to make it happen."
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