Weekend recap: School choice spending, new justices, Kirk family claims

With a new school year underway, the numbers are out on where funding from Utah’s school choice program flowed last year.

Not allowed this time were ski passes and chaperone expenses for field trips, after state lawmakers tightened the requirements. But electronics — including 3D printers — and art supplies factored large into the purchases covered by the Utah Fits All program.

In this weekend’s Dispatch we cover the details on how $94.7 million for the program was spent and bring you our top stories of the week, including the questions lawmakers had for Utah’s newest Supreme Court justices and moves by Charlie Kirk’s family to sue over his death.

“On a personal note, it kills me as I go through this report and I look at the things that the money was spent on and, and then I look at my own personal budget and look at the money that I spend on Kleenex boxes and food and other supplies that I bring into my classroom for my students.” — Rep. John Arthur, a Democrat from Holladay and a teacher, on the use of Utah Fits All funds last year.