Utah lawmakers are considering a school choice bill that proponents call a scholarship and opponents call a voucher. Some question whether the Hope Scholarship would violate the Utah Constitution by allowing state money to go to faith-bases schools. A Utah House committee advanced the legislation.
Despite concerns about constitutionality and accountability, the House Revenue and Taxation Committee voted 6-5 Tuesday in support of HB331, the Hope Scholarship bill.\n
“We just got started,” he said.
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Ngāmotu Beach was packed with families building sandcastles on Monday. They spent an hour creating the body of the turtle, which required Harper smoothing the sand underneath with water so it didn t collapse. “We’re just going to do the detail then we re going to have a hot sausage, Aaron Scrivener said.
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Shem Scrivener, 7, and Aiden Faraj, 5, build Maunga Taranaki with a Christmas tree on top. Harper s younger brother Shem, 7, had ditched the turtle making and had joined forces with new friend five-year-old Aiden Faraj to build Maunga Taranaki with a Christmas tree on top.