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Utah lawmakers hear revenue update showing small net increase, but education faces structural gap
Summary
House budget chair reported February revenue projections that are $5 million higher than November estimates but highlighted a $25 million adjustment needed to correct a prior one-time funding fix for education and uncertainty from federal sequestration.
Representative Mel Brown, the House budget chair, updated the chamber on Feb. 25 with revised state revenue projections and cautioned that growth patterns were weakening. He told members the February projection shows the General Fund with roughly $78 million in ongoing revenue and about $17 million in one-time revenue, and the Education Fund with about $186 million ongoing and $144 million one-time — a combined education total of roughly $321 million. He said those projections amount…
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