Two-word bill on Utah charter schools aims to solve enrollment problem before it starts

Charter school advocates are asking Utah lawmakers to approve a seemingly redundant two-word amendment to state law.Currently, charters have the option of giving enrollment preference to students who live “within a 2-mile radius” of the school, if that student’s traditional neighborhood campus is at or over capacity.But House Bill 245 would change the law to “within up to a 2-mile” radius, a difference that bill sponsor Rep. Justin Fawson, R-North Ogden, says provid