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Board approves limited USDB enrichment spending, sends several blind‑school items back to advisory council
Summary
The Utah State Board of Education on a recorded vote approved fiscal‑year 2026 enrichment budget items for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind limited to family activity support and LEA activity support, while directing several blind‑school items back to the advisory council for additional review.
The Utah State Board of Education on a recorded vote approved fiscal‑year 2026 enrichment budget items for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (USDB) limited to family activity support and LEA activity support, while asking the advisory council to reevaluate several proposed blind‑school items after stakeholder feedback.
Assistant Superintendent of Operations Deborah Jacobson told the board the enrichment recommendations had been through the advisory council but that “after posting and stakeholder feedback” the agency wanted to pull some items back for additional information. Jacobson said the primary concern involved proposed salary line items funded from the blind school land trust and that the agency wanted “to make sure that the positions that we are…
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