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House approves $8 million fund for higher-education IT infrastructure; lawmakers debate adequacy
Summary
The Utah House passed House Bill 253 on Jan. 30 to create an $8,000,000 annual appropriation for a fund to maintain higher-education IT infrastructure. Supporters called it a necessary start; some members said the amount likely understates needs and asked why it bypassed the regular appropriations process.
The Utah House voted Jan. 30 to create a recurring $8,000,000 appropriation to establish a fund for ongoing replacement and maintenance of information-technology infrastructure at public colleges and universities.
Representative Stephen Clark, sponsor of House Bill 253, said the fund would be used to replace network routers, servers and switches on a rotating basis and to support maintenance and some software updates. "Basically what this does, it's an…
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