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Finance committee recommends adoption of FY2027 public education budget totaling about $6.9 billion
Summary
The committee recommended the Utah State Board of Education adopt a FY2027 budget of roughly $6.9 billion (excluding certain non‑lapsing balances and local proceeds), highlighting a 4.2% WPU increase, a reallocated literacy program, and one‑time investments including cybersecurity and a school improvement pilot.
Assistant Superintendent Deborah Jacobson presented the finance committee with the board’s recommended FY2027 budget, which budgets roughly $6.9 billion for public education (the figure excludes beginning/ending non‑lapsing balances and local proceeds). Jacobson said the vast majority of the appropriation is flow‑through funding for school districts, charters…
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