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Students and teachers from East High School in Salt Lake City walk out of school to protest the
HB15 voucher bill, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Carnival Queens
Associated Press
Pandemic, culture wars revive ‘school

choice’ policy push

Associated Press ing number of parents around the United
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nichole Mason first States funneling those frustrations into a
became concerned when she learned ad- renewed push to get state lawmakers to
ministrators at her children’s public school create taxpayer-funded programs to help
were allowing transgender students to use parents pay for other educational options
girls’ bathrooms. Her frustrations mounted including private school, home-school-
when she felt her children’s next school ing or hybrid models. In Utah, a proposal
went too far with how they enforced CO- would allow roughly 5,000 students to ap-
VID regulations during the pandemic. ply for $8,000 scholarships. Page 11
Now, the mother of five is among a swell- Continued on Page 2