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Tribune Op/Ed: The bad and good

(Salt Lake Tribune) -- There were times during the legislative session when it looked as if public education would be steamrolled by the Republican right wing. But in the end, the most egregious bills died quietly. Here’s hoping measures to eliminate the State Board of Education, to make election of board members partisan and to...

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Higher education dodged some bullets but still took cuts in Legislature

(Paul Koepp, Deseret News) -- This year's legislative session was a mixed one for higher education in Utah, defined as much by what did not happen as what did. An initial proposed budget cut of 7 percent was whittled down to about 2 percent, about $18 million, although that will still force tuition hikes as enrollment continues...

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Latest Higher Education Budget Cuts will Affect Tuition

Budget cuts to Utah’s colleges and universities leaves officials looking to tuition increases to offset lack of funding for fourth consecutive year SALT LAKE CITY –   Utah Commissioner of Higher Education, Bill Sederburg, expressed appreciation to the legislature today for keeping budget cuts to colleges and universities to approximately 2%. Sederburg says, “We are disappointed the legislature didn’t follow the...

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Education officials resist proposed to cap state spending

(Brian Maffly, Salt Lake Tribune) -- Public and higher education officials are lobbying the House to reject a proposed constitutional amendment to cap state expenditures, arguing it would hamstring efforts to accommodate an ever-growing number of students. If it became law, House Joint Resolution 37 could make it impossible for the state to dramatically increase higher...

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