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USBE outlines 2026 education budget: WPU up 4%, MSP funding rises about 6% to $8.6 billion
Summary
The Utah State Board of Education told district and charter finance officers that the 2025 legislative session produced an FY26 public education budget of $8.6 billion, with the weighted pupil unit (WPU) increased 4% and overall Minimum School Program (MSP) funding up about 6%.
The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) told district and charter finance officers that the 2025 legislative session produced a $8.6 billion public education budget for fiscal 2026, with the weighted pupil unit (WPU) increased by 4% and total MSP funding up roughly 6%.
USBE school finance director Sam Yuri said the agency published a legislative "bill book" summarizing every education bill that passed and urged LEAs to review it with leadership teams. "The WPU value, the weighted pupil unit, was increased by 4%... Our overall MSP funding went up by 6%, and the total public ed budget this year is $8,600,000,000," Yuri said.
Why it matters: the WPU increase changes base calculations used to allocate per-student funding…
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