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Judge hears arguments in case alleging Utah’s ‘school choice’ program is unconstitutional
Should Utah’s “school choice” program be allowed to stay put — or is it unconstitutional? That’s the question that a judge is now weighing after spending several hours listening to oral arguments Thursday. In the hearing, 3rd District Court Judge Laura Scott grilled attorneys for both the state and for Utah’s largest teacher union, the Utah Education Association, on the complex constitutional questions she must now unravel before issuing a ruling in the case — which she said she expects to hand down sometime in mid-to-late January. Earlier this year, the Utah Education ...
