2023 Legislative Update: Week 6
February 21 – 24, 2023 This week, the Governor’s Office and Utah State Legislature released revised revenue numbers for the 2023-24 fiscal year. For the 2023 General Session, there is an estimated $817 million in one-time and $410 million in ongoing money combined in the General and Income Tax Funds, after accounting for base budget adjustments and set-asides. […]
2023 Legislative Update: Week 5
February 13 – 17, 2023 Governor Cox signed three more bills this week. SB 146, Higher Education Amendments, passed out of the House Committee. The House will likely pass it in the next few days and send it to the Governor for signature. This week, Utah Board of Higher Education members and other higher ed leaders hosted Higher Ed […]
Utah State University Presidential Search Invitation for Applications and Nominations
The Utah Board of Higher Education invites nominations and applications for the position of President of Utah State University, one of 16 institutions within the Utah System of Higher Education. Utah State University was founded in 1888 and is Utah’s land-grant university with a statewide reach across more than 30 locations, including three residential campuses. […]
2023 Legislative Update: Week 4
February 6-10, 2023 Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee The Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee (HEAS) wrapped up its meetings on Wednesday, Feb. 8 and submitted its list of priority budget requests (page 3) to the Executive Appropriations Committee on Friday, Feb. 10. Each systemwide budget priority of the Utah Board of Higher Education (approved in Sept. 2022) was forwarded to the […]
2023 Legislative Update: Week 3
January 30- February 3, 2023 This week, Governor Cox signed HB1, Higher Education Base Budget. HB1 appropriates ($5,393,200) in operating and capital budgets for fiscal year 2023, including: ($4,910,000) from the Income Tax Fund; and ($483,200) from various sources as detailed in this bill. The bill also appropriates $2,453,187,000 in operating and capital budgets […]
Snow College Presidential Search Invitation for Applications & Nominations
The Utah Board of Higher Education invites nominations and applications for the position of President of Snow College, one of 16 institutions within the Utah System of Higher Education. Founded in 1888, Snow College is located in scenic central Utah and is the degree-granting institution and technical college for the region. It serves over 5,000 […]
2023 Legislative Update: Week 2
January 23-27, 2023 Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee The Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee (HEAS) continued its meetings this week and heard presentations from several USHE institutions. The response from HEAS committee members has been overwhelmingly positive, particularly with the institutions’ willingness to openly confront the challenges they are facing, as well as celebrating their successes. The […]
2023 Legislative Update: Week 1
January 17-20, 2023 Higher Education Appropriations SubcommitteeIt is early in the 2023 General Session, and the focus and activity center primarily around the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee (HEAS) hearings. There was very little activity regarding legislation this week, though that will change in the coming days. In its first hearing, HEAS reviewed presentations on the […]
Utah State University Presidential Search Committee announces public meetings
The Utah State University Presidential Search Committee will host six public meetings on Jan. 25-27 and Feb. 2 to obtain input from members of the USU community and the general public on the search for the next USU president. Attendees will have the opportunity to join in-person or virtual meetings. Public input from these meetings […]
Snow College Hosts Forums for Presidential Search
Public invited to share suggestions and feedback Snow College invites the public to participate in one of five public meetings this month to learn more about the presidential search process and share input about Snow’s next president. Meeting details are below and at snow.edu/presidential-search; participants can also join remotely via Zoom. Monday, January 2311:30 AM – […]
