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Senate approves largest-in-state education package, increases student funding and one-time investments
Summary
The Utah Senate passed a multi-hundred-million-dollar education package (Senate Bill 2) that raises the value per pupil, adds targeted grants and one-time funding for facilities and services; the bill passed under suspension of the rules and will go to the House.
The Utah State Senate on Day 42 approved a broad education appropriations bill that sponsors described as the largest investment in state history for public education.
Senator Fillmore, the bill sponsor, told colleagues the package increases the weighted pupil unit (WPU) by 6% to $4,038 per student and adds targeted allocations for schools and students. "This will be the largest investment that our state has made in public…
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