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Utah
Journal of Education Finance ( IF 0.2 ) Pub Date : 2021-04-01
Arvin Johnson

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Utah
Arvin Johnson (bio)

funding priorities for p-12¹ and/or higher education

P-12

• Student enrollment growth funded at $50.6 million, 35 percent increase
• $20.6 million in new funds for the Teacher and Student Success Account (TSSA)
• $30 million for one-time school level student and school safety priorities
• $200,000 for teacher recruitment (T.H. Bell Scholarship program)
• 3.0 percent Salary & 4.5 percent Healthcare Increase

Higher Education²

• $90 (8.2 percent) million increase in funding
• $1.5 million increase from one-time funding to host vice-presidential debate
• Performance-based Funding Priorities ($29.5 million)
• College Access Advisors ($1 million)
• Technical Education Funding Priorities ($1 million)
• Student Growth ($5 million)
• Operation and Maintenance ($629,600)
• 2.5 percent Salary & 4.5 percent Healthcare Increase

changes to the funding formula for p-12 and/or higher education

P-12

• The P-12 weighted Per Pupil Unit (WPU) rose from $3,532 to $3,708, a five percent increase³
• The FY 2021 educational budget included a (9.7 percent) increase for public schools and higher education, which equates to $331 million.⁴

pressing issues affecting p-12 and higher education

The Utah Education Association expected to see the largest increase in P-12 funding in over a decade. These increases in funding were attributed to educators actively working [End Page 363] with legislatures to ensure that funding was commensurate with the needs of educators.⁵ In addition, the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) Board of Regents approved increased funding to ensure that members have the adequate funding to meet their institutional objectives, while ensuring that students can afford to attend.⁶ Despite the proposed funding increases for P-12 and higher education, funding for the FY 2021 were threatened by the potential impact of COVID-19.⁷ The primary funding threat emerged from a resolution issued by Governor Gary Herbert, which advises P-12 and higher education administrators to curtail spending in response to the impact of COVID-19 on Utah. This resolution could have had a significant impact on the actual budget allocations to P-12 and higher education. However, legislators were able to negotiate funding increases for public education and higher education.

alternative to traditional public school

COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on education in many states and Utah is no different. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Utah State Board of Education developed a three-phase approach to reopening public and charter schools.⁸ This approach includes specific guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus, addressing learning gaps, and strategies to ensure a safe and novel opening of schools. During the second phases, school officials were charged with maximizing federal funds (e.g. CARES Act funds) to ensure schools can successfully transition to new and effective ways of learning. Accordingly, school districts have enacted reopening plans that emphasize student and staff safety, while allowing different options for learning (e.g. face to face, virtual, hybrid).⁹ These plans are designed to minimize the spread of COVID-19 and ensure that students, faculty, and staff may return to school safely and offer flexible instructional delivery models. Although CARES funding offered support to traditional public schools, charter schools are an existential threat. Approved charter schools in Utah have remained relatively steady over recent years. The number of approved charter schools decreased by only one percent in the 2020-2021 school year, this brings the total number of charter schools to 132.¹⁰

allocation fo the state dollars/percent of the state's budget

• Utah's total FY 2021 budget is $20.3 billion
• Public Education (P-12) was allocated 29 percent ($5.8 billion) of the state budget
• Higher Education was allocated 12 percent ($2.4 billion) of the state budget [End Page 364]

allocation of state dollars and percent of the state budget for p-12 and higher education

The total Utah state budget for the FY 21, including all funding sources was slightly over $20 billion, a nine percent ($1.7 billion) increase from FY 20.¹¹ Of the total $20.3 billion-dollar state budget, 29 percent ($5.8 billion) is allocated...

中文翻译：

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p-12 ¹和/或高等教育的资助重点

P-12

•学生入学增长的资金为5060万美元，增长了35％
•为教师和学生成功帐户（TSSA）新增资金2060万美元
•3000万美元用于一次性学校一级的学生和学校安全方面的优先事项
•200,000美元用于教师招聘（TH贝尔奖学金计划）
•工资增长3.0％，医疗保健增长4.5％

高等教育²

•资金增加90美元（8.2％）
•从一次性资金增加150万美元用于主持副总统辩论
•基于绩效的供资重点（2,950万美元）
•大学访问顾问（100万美元）
•技术教育资助重点（100万美元）
•学生成长（500万美元）
•操作和维护（629,600美元）
•工资增长2.5％，医疗保健增长4.5％

更改p-12和/或高等教育的供资公式

P-12

•P-12加权每学生单元（WPU）从3,532美元增加到3,708美元，增长了5％³
•2021财年的教育预算包括增加（9.7％）公立学校和高等教育，相当于3.31亿美元。⁴

影响p-12和高等教育的紧迫问题

alternative to traditional public school

COVID-19在许多州对教育产生了巨大影响，犹他州也是如此。由于COVID-19大流行，犹他州教育委员会制定了一种分三个阶段的方法来重新开放公立和特许学校。⁸这种方法包括防止病毒传播，解决学习差距的具体指南，以及确保安全新颖地开设学校的策略。在第二阶段中，学校官员负责最大限度地利用联邦资金（例如CARES法案资金），以确保学校能够成功过渡到新的有效学习方式。因此，学区制定了重新开放计划，强调学生和教职工的安全，同时允许不同的学习方式（例如面对面，虚拟，混合）。⁹这些计划旨在最大程度地减少COVID-19的传播，并确保学生，教职员工可以安全返回学校并提供灵活的教学模式。尽管CARES的资金为传统的公立学校提供了支持，但特许学校却是一个生存威胁。近年来，犹他州获得批准的特许学校一直保持相对稳定。在2020-2021学年，批准的特许学校的数量仅减少了百分之一，这使得特许学校的总数达到132^个。10