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Utah House majority outlines budget priorities and proposes eliminating statewide education property tax
Summary
House leaders told members they will pursue three funding priorities—education, crime services and infrastructure—and proposed eliminating the statewide property tax for education (an estimated $276,000,000 revenue reduction) while limiting government growth to 5.5%.
SPEAKER'S ANNOUNCEMENT — House leaders on Jan. 17 told members the majority caucus will pursue three top funding priorities for the coming year: funding education, expanding capacity to address crime and treatment needs, and investing in roads and water infrastructure.
In a floor statement the chair said the caucus will seek to “limit the growth of government this year … to 5.5%,” which the chair said would still add about $127,000,000 in new dollars to next year’s budget. The chair proposed, as a major component of that strategy, “to eliminate entirely the statewide property tax for education,” a change described on the floor as reducing statewide property-tax revenue by approximately $276,000,000.
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