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House approves education base budget amendment to release undistributed funds and set WPU values
Summary
The Utah House on Feb. 8 passed first substitute House Bill 1, a public education base-budget bill that raises the primary WPU to $3,092, adjusts add-on WPUs and authorizes immediate distribution of previously undisbursed funds to school districts if a two-thirds threshold is met.
The Utah House of Representatives voted unanimously Feb. 8 to approve first substitute House Bill 1, a package of public-education base-budget amendments aimed at correcting distribution errors and setting initial appropriations for fiscal 2017.
Sponsor Representative Jason Lisonbee said the bill "establishes the base budget for the minimum school program, the school building program, the Utah State Office of Education and the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind" and sets the primary weighted pupil unit (WPU) at $3,092 and the add-on WPU for special education and CTE at $2,837. He told members the change addresses a…
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