Governor Spencer Cox has vetoed a bill that reworks how property tax money goes to local school districts.
Most property tax money goes directly to local school districts. Senate Bill 37 , sponsored by Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, R-South Jordan, would take that money and put it in the state’s general fund, then it would be distributed to local school districts.
Gov. Cox told legislative leaders in a letter outlining his veto that it was a “perception problem” with the public and legal issues raised by Utah State Auditor Tina Cannon…