Where's Your Money Headed?

The Budget will still be tweaked, but here are a few things considered priorites on the appopriation sub-committees reports.

Utah's Schools
WPU (weighted pupil unit) increase of 3% (76 million on going)
Financial & Economic Literacy Education (100,000 on going & 150,000 one time)
Teacher's Supplies (10 million one time)
Charter School Funding (6 million on going)
UPSTART, a pilot project using home-based educational technology to ready preschool aged children for school (5 million on going, 2 million one time)
High-Ability Student Initiative Program (1 million on going, 2.8 million one time)

Utah's Arts
The Freedom Festival (300,000 one time)
Ballet West (500,000 one time)
Tuacahn (200,000 one time)
Museum of Natural Curiosity at Thanksgiving Point (1 million one time)

This, of course, is a very small glimpse at the budget. To check it out yourself here is the link to the Executive Appropriations Committee, look under Related Materials for the Sub-committee reports & priorities.