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Senate suspends rules and passes House Bill 1, a $5.6 billion public education base budget
Summary
The Utah Senate suspended rules and passed House Bill 1, the public education base budget, adopting the prior year’s base allocations and growth adjustments; sponsor Senator Hilliard said the bill totals roughly $5.6 billion and was approved 27–0 with two senators absent.
Senator Hilliard presented House Bill 1, the public education base budget, and described it as the legislature’s adoption of the prior year’s base allocations and targeted adjustments. “This is the base budget,” Hilliard said, and he walked the chamber through totals and funding sources before moving the bill under suspension of the rules.
The bill’s key figures, as stated by Hilliard during floor remarks, include roughly $5.6 billion in total appropriations; about $3.6 billion coming from state funds; $229.5…
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