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Utah voucher lobbyist apologizes for saying she wanted to ‘destroy public education’

Allison Sorensen says her remarks, captured in a recording shared online, were “thoughtless and inappropriate.” She has been working to support HB215.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) More than 800 students gathered at the Utah Capitol for Charter School Day, on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. Education has been a hot topic this year with at voucher bill aimed at allowing public school students to use public funding to go to private schools. And one lobbyist supporting the measure has apologized after she was recorded saying she wanted to "destroy public education."