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Senate advances base education budget, says growth items will be addressed in appropriations
Summary
Senate Bill 3 (base education appropriation) was uncircled and passed by the Utah Senate; sponsors said specific WPU-driven growth items omitted from the base bill will be handled in the Appropriations Act. Final passage on Jan. 19 recorded 28-0 and the bill will go to the House.
The Utah Senate on Jan. 19 moved Senate Bill 3 — the base education appropriation — forward after a floor debate about whether certain growth-driven items tied to weighted pupil units (WPUs) should be included in the base bill or handled later in the Appropriations Act.
Senator Stevenson, sponsor and chair of the public education subcommittee, said the bill provides a base budget of roughly $2.4 billion and lists…
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