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Utah House outlines $60 million higher-education reinvestment plan to align programs with workforce demand
Summary
Representative Karen Peterson described House Bill 265, which aims to create a $60 million strategic reinvestment account by reallocating funds within higher education to prioritize high-impact, workforce-aligned programs over three years; the bill passed the House and is headed to the Senate.
Representative Karen Peterson told members the House-passed House Bill 265, titled Higher Education Strategic Reinvestment, would create a $60,000,000 strategic reinvestment account by reallocating funds from institutions’ instructional budgets to programs tied to workforce demand. “It passed the House, last week with bipartisan support,” Peterson said, and “it’s gonna be heard the first thing next week in the senate committee.”
Peterson said institutions will review…
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