Today’s highlights… Vouchers voted down: The House substituted the private school voucher bill, HB331, with a new bill softening the financial impact on public schools and adding a level of academic...
- Home
- >
- Under the Dome
- >
- Public Education Budget
Governor proposes $556 million in new K-12 education spending
Gov. Spencer Cox and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson unveiled their budget recommendations and priorities for Fiscal Year 2023. The proposal asks the legislature to provide nearly a billion additional...
How the Public Education Budget is Set
The Utah Legislature controls public education funding and our elected legislators must pass a balanced budget each year during the General Legislative Session. Until the passage of Constitutional...
2020-21 Public Education Budget Summary
Education Budget and Taxes – March 8, 2021 Work on the public education budget in 2021 was very different than in previous years. The process really began during the 2020 Legislative Session with...
2019-20 Public Education Budget
2019 Legislature: Modest education increase plus promises for tax reform – March 18, 2019 The news leading up to the 2019 session was all about a very large revenue surplus, somewhere near $1...
2018-19 Public Education Budget
7% Equivalent WPU Bump for Public Education Funding – March 9, 2018 For more than a year prior to the 2018 Legislative Session, the UEA worked with members of the business community to increase...