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House passes Education Budget with funding increases, narrowly avoids 220‑day mandate but allows experimental pilots
Summary
The House approved House Bill 465, the Minimum School Program budget, increasing teacher pay and K–3 class‑size funding and funding pilot experiments; a contentious floor fight focused on a proposed 220‑day school year pilot, several amendments narrowed or delayed that experiment and ultimately the House passed HB465.
The Utah House passed House Bill 465, the state’s Minimum School Program budget, endorsing pay increases and increased funding for class‑size reduction while preserving an experimental pilot provision for alternative school‑year experiments.
Sponsor Representative Garn told the chamber the budget ‘‘has nothing to do with bonding’’ and emphasized the state would ‘‘pay cash for our education program’’ and increase teacher compensation by 4.5 percent. The bill allocates new money for preschool,…
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