SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Amid increasing concern about vaping, Utah lawmakers are approving a proposal to allow schools to destroy confiscated e-cigarette devices.

Republican Rep. Susan Pulsipher said Wednesday that schools have seen a spike in the number of confiscated devices, but because the law is unclear they’ve sometimes had to return them.

She says many teenagers don’t realize that vaping is dangerous, so her proposal would also create an education program and fund it with a stipend of $4,000 per school.

The measure has been approved by a panel of lawmakers and is expected to be considered by the full House of Representatives during the 2020 session.

The plan comes as Utah grapples with more than 100 cases of vaping-related illness, part of a national outbreak.