Utah Lawmakers treat education to tune of $460M

Public education will get nearly $460 million in new funding in the coming year, a sum that nearly doubles last year’s $243 million boost and exceeds Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.’s $315 million request by a healthy margin, Republican lawmakers announced Friday.

Combined with new funding for higher education, the Legislature would add nearly half a billion dollars to education coffers, they said.

By Nicole Stricker
The Salt Lake Tribune

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