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February 24, 2011

Measure to give Utah Governor control over education advances

Lisa Schencker

A resolution that could give the governor control over Utah education moved one step closer to becoming law Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the sponsor of another resolution that sought to amend the state constitution to make it clear that the state school board's control and supervision over education is "as provided by statute," said he will likely no longer push that measure.

The Senate voted 23-6 to give preliminary approval to SJR9, which seeks to amend the state constitution to place public and higher education under the governor's control. The Senate must now vote on the resolution one more time for it to advance to the House.

In order to take effect, SJR9 would ultimately have to pass the House and Senate by a two-thirds majority. The question would then be put to voters in the 2012 general election.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 24, 2011 2:18 AM
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