Record $ 'injected' into public education; move to eliminate elected state school board fails

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah lawmakers "injected" record funding into education during the 2018 Legislature, which ended Thursday, and Gov. Gary Herbert said it was cause for educators to "clap" for joy.But many in the education family were on pins and needles late Thursday night as the House of Representatives debated whether to eliminate the elected Utah State Board of Education.After an intense floor debate over SJR16, which called for a constitutional amendment allowing Utah voters to decide