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SALT LAKE CITY -- A new bill would get rid of a law forcing school districts in Salt Lake County to pony up some of their money for school equalization.
Each school district in the county sends millions of dollars to the Jordan School District, which has struggled financially since its split. New Salt Lake Sen. Ben McAdams says Salt Lake taxpayers are willing to pay for the right things, but this law is bad public policy.
"This bill masquerades as education equalization, but it really is a subsidy for urban development," he says. "It's a subsidy for urban sprawl."
Salt Lake gives $7 million to the Jordan School District, which McAdams says is the amount of money just bonded for the new Public Safety Building.
McAdams wants the law repealed. If that doesn't work, he wants a sunset provision put in it.
E-mail: mrichards@ksl.com
