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Board and commissioner pitch consensus budget, highlight Admit Utah pilot and concurrent enrollment expansion
Summary
The Board of Higher Education presented a unified, prioritized system budget request that emphasizes strategic reinvestment, shared services, and student access initiatives. The Admit Utah pilot admitted 270 students in real time at Provo School District and staff proposed statewide concurrent enrollment for technical colleges.
Jeff Lambert, commissioner of higher education, and senior staff presented the Board's unified budget request and system priorities to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee, emphasizing a consensus-budgeting approach, strategic reinvestments, and efforts to preserve affordability.
Lambert highlighted the strategic reinvestment program (established after last session's legislation) as producing a net increase of about $22.2 million in instructional and research spending. "This process resulted in a $22,200,000 net…
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