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Utah House speaker praises budget with tax cuts, 4% WPU boost and pay moves for teachers
Summary
The Speaker said the legislature passed a tight-year budget that preserves five straight years of tax cuts, boosts the WPU by 4%, provides teacher salary increases and bonuses, and includes targeted family tax relief and a proposed Social Security threshold adjustment.
The Speaker told reporters the session's top accomplishment was a tight-year budget that nonetheless continued tax cuts and prioritized public education.
He said the package includes a 4% increase to the Weighted Pupil Unit, direct increases to teacher salaries and support-staff bonuses, and renewed emphasis on career and technical education to bring more technical programs back into high schools. "We were able to come together, still do tax cuts and tax relief to the citizens…
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