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House amends and passes $hundreds-of-millions public-education budget package
Summary
Senate Bill 2, a comprehensive public-education budget amendment, was amended on the House floor to adjust specific line items (including a $300,000 transfer to gang-prevention from at-risk funding) and passed the House with 69 yes votes; the bill will return to the Senate for further consideration.
Representative R. McKay presented Senate Bill 2, the public-education budget amendments, detailing substantial appropriations and program increases on March 6. He said the bill provides $33.5 million ongoing for consensus enrollment growth, funds a 4 percent WPU increase, increases at-risk student funding by about $99 million, and funds multiple programs including Beverly Taylor Sorensen arts and the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
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