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Board approves expanding UPAK, audit and agency FTE requests after members describe hotline backlog
Summary
Board voted to direct the superintendent to increase critical FTE requests for UPAK, audit and agency functions to a total of 17 FTEs, leaving allocation among those areas to the superintendent and board leadership after members and the chief audit executive described heavy hotline volume and investigation needs.
The Utah State Board of Education voted 12-2 to direct the superintendent to amend the current UPAK, audit and agency critical FTE funding requests so the total requested FTEs equals 17, with final allocation left to the superintendent and board leadership.
The measure followed extended discussion about the workload generated by the agency hotline and complaints referred to UPAK and other USBE offices. Chief Audit Executive Debbie Davis told the board that, based on 2024 hotline data, "in…
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