Why Alpine School District’s proposed two-way split was blocked by the Utah Legislature

During a special session, lawmakers said a proposal by Utah’s largest school district will remain off November’s ballot, while two interlocal split agreements may still advance if passed by voters.

The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Brady Brammer, R-Pleasant Grove, said the legislation was necessary because there are also two interlocal proposals to split the district on November’s ballot. Alpine school board’s proposed split would have conflicted with the interlocal ballot measures, which will remain in voters’ hands this fall.

One concern was the possibility that voters might approve all three split proposals. If that happened, Utah lacks a process to determine which would win out. In early May, Alpine board members initially advanced two of those options for certification with the Utah County Clerk, a step required to get a proposal before voters.because districts, at that time, could only submit one proposal for certification. The board opted to resubmit a proposal that involved dividing Alpine into two separate districts — one to the east, and one to the west.

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