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House panel outlines $128 million boost for Utah public schools as HB 475 is placed on third-reading calendar
Summary
Representative Bradford summarized House Bill 475 as adding roughly $128 million in new and supplemental funds for K–12 education — including $10 million for enrollment growth, a $1,000 teacher pay increase, and restored retirement funding — after the House moved the bill onto the third-reading calendar under suspension of the rules.
Representative Bradford, speaking as the House appropriations presenter, told members that House Bill 475, the School Finance Act, would add a series of targeted increases to public education funding. "We have included $10,000,000 just to fund the growth that we've had in new students entering our public education system," Bradford said, and listed a package of measures he said were included in the act: a $1,000 salary…
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