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Senate approves public education budget; amendment to shift $20M to school fee relief fails
Summary
The Utah Senate passed Senate Bill 2, completing most public education funding for next fiscal year including a near‑5% increase overall and boosted WPU; an amendment to redirect $20 million from the new 'Utah Fits All' scholarship to a school fee subsidy failed on the floor.
Senate Bill 2, the public education budget amendment package, passed the Utah Senate under a suspension of the three-reading rule after floor debate on the bill’s funding priorities. Senator Fillmore, sponsor of the budget motion, described the package as completing the majority of public education funding when combined with the base budget, saying the bill includes an “additional 1.2% of WPU funding” and that the WPU value will “increase to almost $4,500 for 2025.”
The bill adds recurring and one-time investments:…
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