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House approves supplemental school funding; adds preschool special-education teachers to supply appropriation
Summary
Lawmakers approved H.B. 382, increasing the weighted pupil unit to $2,280 and funding capital outlay and one-time classroom-supply appropriations; an amendment to include preschool special-education ('preschool handicapped') teachers in the classroom-supply allowance passed on the floor.
The Utah House passed H.B. 382, the Supplemental Minimum School Program Finance Act, after floor debate and a successful amendment to extend a classroom-supply appropriation to preschool special-education teachers.
Representative Snow, sponsor of the bill, told members the weighted pupil unit (WPU) is increased to $2,280 — a 4.5 percent increase from the prior year — and that the budget includes roughly $5 million to fund capital outlay growth. Snow said one-time…
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