Call it a voucher or a scholarship. Utah school choice proposal sparks controversy
“Newly introduced legislation would allow parents to direct state funds designated for their child’s education to private schools and service providers.
Senate Majority Whip Kirk Cullimore said the Hope Scholarship is intended to give families more educational choices and provide the highest amount of financial assistance to people with the lowest incomes.
Under HB331, funding tiers would be tied to the federal poverty guidelines and ‘a portion of this fund must go to the lowest-tiered income qualification,’ said Cullimore, R-Sandy, who is the bill’s Senate sponsor.
He refers to households whose incomes are 200% of the federal poverty guidelines or less.”