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Governor praises Utah Legislature’s session, highlights heavy investment in education and $17 million for homelessness and behavioral health
Summary
In closing remarks to the Senate, the governor called the 2017 session highly successful, highlighted a budget that directs roughly three-quarters of new funds to education, cited steps toward tax reform and air-quality work, and said the state will invest about $17 million in homelessness and behavioral-health efforts.
The governor told the Utah Senate the 2017 legislative session was "one of the best we've ever had," and urged members to take pride in a budget he said puts a large share of new money into education and other priorities. "Seventy‑four percent of all the new money that come into our budget this year is going into education," he said. "Dollars $230,000,000 for public education. Dollars 144,000,000 for…
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