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Senate passes House Bill 5,011 to prioritize restoring WPU funding contingent on constitutional amendment

Utah Senate · June 18, 2020
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The Utah Senate passed House Bill 5,011, a revenue‑contingent measure that adds a fourth element to the state’s education funding framework to allocate an additional 10% of available education revenue toward restoring the WPU; sponsors said it depends on a forthcoming constitutional amendment.

The Utah Senate on special session passed House Bill 5,011, a measure that would add a fourth element to the state’s public education funding framework to prioritize restoring previously promised weighted pupil unit (WPU) funding if a constitutional amendment is approved and revenues recover. Senator Milner, the sponsor, described the bill as adding a mechanism to “take after we do those 3 things, we will take 10% of the additional education revenue increase that’s…

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