Lawmaker pitches statewide funding equalization program for Utah schools

SALT LAKE CITY — Noting that children's ZIP codes should not devalue their education, a Utah lawmaker will once again sponsor legislation he says will help equalize school funding across the state.
With a few exceptions, the state's school district boundaries were drawn by the Utah Legislature in 1916, Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, R-South Jordan, told members of the Utah Legislature's Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee on Wednesday.
"Those boundaries, over 100 years of time, have creat