2022 Legislative Update: Week 6
February 22-25, 2022 Executive Appropriations Committee Adopts Higher Education Funding Items The Executive Appropriations Committee adopted proposed new funding items this evening (in addition to the base budget increases adopted early in the 2022 legislative session that includes a 5.75% employee compensation market increase). The proposed items to higher education are closely aligned to the […]
2022 Legislative Update: Week 5
February 14-18, 2022 Updated State Budget Revenues Announced Governor Cox and legislative leadership announced revised tax revenue projections on Friday, higher than projections adopted in December 2021 by the Executive Appropriations Committee: Dec 2021 Feb 2022 General Fund (Sales Tax): $245 million $1.04 billion Education Fund (Income Tax): $685 million $2.75 billion According to […]
2022 Legislative Update: Week 4
February 5-11, 2022 Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee The Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee wrapped up its work on Wednesday, February 9 and submitted its list of priority budget requests (page 4) to the Executive Appropriations Committee on Friday. This Subcommittee’s priorities closely align with the Utah Board of Higher Education’s budget priorities adopted in September 2021. […]
2022 Legislative Update: Week 3
January 31 – February 4, 2022 Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee The Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee continued its meetings this week and received presentations from the remaining USHE institutions. Below are links to the institutions’ presentations: Southern Utah University University of Utah Utah State University Utah Tech/Dixie State University Utah Valley University Weber State University The […]
2022 Legislative Update: Week 2
January 24-28, 2022 Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee The Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee (HEAS) continued its meetings this week and received presentations from all technical and community college institutions. Below are links to the technical institutions’ presentations: Bridgerland Technical College Dixie Technical College Davis Technical College Mountainland Technical College Ogden-Weber Technical College Salt Lake Tech (SLCC) […]
2020 Weekly Legislative Update – Week 7 (Final)
Budget: Beginning July 1, 2020, the Legislature approved a $90 million increase (8.2%) in ongoing tax funds and a one-time increase of $1,750,500 for higher education. The USHE Board of Regents’ budget priority items that received funding include: $27.4 million to support a 2.5% salary and wage increase and an 4.53% increase for health insurance […]
2020 Weekly Legislative Update-Week 4
Revised Revenue Projections The Governor’s Office and legislative leaders announced revised tax revenue projections that set the stage for final budget preparations in the coming weeks. They announced over $900 million in new revenues, primarily in Income Tax (Education Fund): Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee Prioritization The Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee (HEAS) submitted its list of […]
2020 Legislative Update-Week 3
Institution Presentations to Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee The University of Utah and Utah State University presented to the Higher Education Appropriation Subcommittee (HEAS) this week. The other remaining institutions presented the week prior: Snow College Salt Lake Community College Utah Valley University Dixie State University Southern Utah University Weber State University Legislative Requests for Appropriations […]
2020 Legislative Update-Week 2
Institution Presentations to Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee Several Institutions presented to the Higher Education Appropriation Subcommittee (HEAS) this week: Snow CollegeSalt Lake Community CollegeUtah Valley UniversityDixie State UniversitySouthern Utah UniversityWeber State University The University of Utah and Utah State University will be presenting on Monday. Capital Development The institutions with capital development projects prioritized by […]
Overview: 2019 legislative session outcomes
At the Board of Regents meeting on March 29, 2019, the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education presented a report on the outcomes of the legislative session. Budget Beginning July 1, 2019, the Legislature approved a $96.1 million increase (9.4%) in ongoing tax funds and a one-time increase of $2.2 million (0.2%) for higher education. […]
