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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Prospects for this year's school voucher bill could be affected by a Florida Supreme Court ruling last week.
Last year's tuition tax credit bill failed by only four votes, and this year's compromise bill is being pushed by two Republicans who voted against the previous measure.
Florida's high court ruled that the state's voucher law violated the state's constitutional requirement for a uniform school system.
Utah's constitution is worded differently, but contains possible sticking points because it prohibits direct state funding of religious instruction.
Representative Brad Dee of Washington Terrace is co-sponsoring this year's bill and says the Florida decision has not dissuaded him.
However, he says it has increased attention to making sure the bill can pass constitutional muster.
Royce Van Tassel of Parents for Choice in Education believes vouchers will hold up in Utah's courts.
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