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Utah Senate passes $6 billion public education base budget, increases WPU

Utah State Senate · January 27, 2021
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Summary

The Utah Senate on Day 9 passed a first-substitute public education base budget that totals roughly $6 billion, increases the weighted pupil unit to $3,809 and funds prior commitments under Amendment G; the vote was 29–0 and the bill goes to the House.

The Utah Senate passed the first-substitute version of Senate Bill 1, a public-education base budget that sponsors said will provide roughly $6,000,000,000 in operating funding for K–12 schools. Sponsor Senator Fillmore said the measure includes about $3.8 billion from state funds, $292,000,000 in state fund transfers and roughly $2.2 billion from other sources, including local property…

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