Utah Forward candidate Laura Johnson faces off against Republican Rod Hall for the Utah Board of Education District 3 seat.
After defeating current Utah State Board of Education member Brent Strate in the June primary, Republican Rod Hall will square off against Utah Forward candidate Laura Johnson to represent District 3 this November. The district encompasses East Layton, Clearfield and nearby cities.secured the Utah Republican Party’s nomination for the District 3 school board seat. He currently serves as an assistant pastor at Layton Baptist Church and was a teacher for over 10 years, according to his website.
To better understand the candidates’ positions on issues readers told The Salt Lake Tribune were important in this general election, a reporter reached out to Hall and Johnson with the same set of questions, on topics from the now-voided Amendment A is now void. But as written, it would have removed the current constitutional requirement that Utah’s income tax revenue be used only for 1) public education, 2) services for children and 3) people with disabilities, allowing lawmakers to direct some of those funds toward a broader range of “state needs.”The Legislature seems to be creating a back door to justify providing minimal funding to education, and then diverting the rest of the money to pet projects.
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