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UtahH.B. 12025 General SessionHouse
Higher Education Base Budget
Sponsored By: Karen M. Peterson (Republican)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
18 provisions identified: 13 benefits, 4 costs, 1 mixed.
Funding supports three major Utah universities
For July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the law funds the University of Utah, Utah State, and Weber State. The listed University of Utah total is $937.092 million, including $774.478 million for general education and $93.4165 million for medicine. Its schedule also lists $10.5575 million for cancer research and treatment, $26.115 million for the hospital, $16.9084 million for dentistry, and $21.6163 million for special projects. Utah State receives $506.9134 million: $408.4852 million for general education, $8.3651 million for Eastern career training, $24.3173 million for veterinary medicine, and $65.7458 million for special projects. Weber State receives $218.0802 million, including $216.1275 million for general education and $1.9527 million for special projects; these appropriations do not set tuition rates or household payments.
Utah funds technical colleges and training
The law funds technical college instruction, student services, campus operations, and Custom Fit training. Education and general budgets are $26.5352 million for Bridgerland, $32.6648 million for Davis, and $15.5178 million for Dixie. Mountainland receives $35.9698 million, and Ogden-Weber receives $27.8296 million, including $26.047 million from the Income Tax Fund. State funding is $10.4253 million for Southwest, $8.9723 million for Tooele, and $14.3582 million for Uintah Basin. Salt Lake Community College also receives $14.582 million for career and technical education. The schedules include closing-balance deductions: Bridgerland, $871,200; Davis, $824,300; Dixie, $724,000; Mountainland, $1.3608 million; Ogden-Weber, $1.0704 million; and Salt Lake, $2.3737 million. These accounting entries are included in the listed totals, not separate tuition charges. The funding does not set individual payments or change aid eligibility.
Utah Tech and Salt Lake funding
The law provides $113.7429 million for Utah Tech University’s education and campus operations. Salt Lake Community College receives $192.4295 million for education and college operations. These totals include closing-balance deductions of $6.5779 million for Utah Tech and $11.7553 million for Salt Lake. The deductions account for money left at year-end; they are part of the funding schedules. These budgets support college services, not direct household payments, and do not set tuition rates.
Utah Valley funds classes and firefighter training
Utah Valley University receives $332.6798 million for teaching, campus operations, student services, scholarships, and related support. That total accounts for $26.3111 million set aside as funds carried into the next year. Special projects receive $6.5636 million from the Income Tax Fund and carried-over funds. Fire and Rescue Training receives $6.1287 million, while Student Success receives $434,900. The law does not set tuition rates, individual aid amounts, or new eligibility rules.
Eight Utah colleges receive reinvestment funding
The law allocates $60.4527 million from the Income Tax Fund for reinvestment through the Utah Board of Higher Education. Salt Lake Community College receives $5.2468 million; Snow College, $1.6787 million; and Southern Utah University, $3.176 million. The University of Utah receives $19.5852 million, and Utah State University receives $12.6453 million. Utah Tech receives $2.5551 million; Utah Valley University, $8.9048 million; and Weber State University, $6.6608 million. This money supports institutions rather than direct household payments.
Snow College funds classes and career training
Snow College receives $54.4368 million for general education and operations, plus $3.9725 million for career and technical education. These totals account for next-year carryovers of $5.5425 million and $1.8236 million, respectively. Career funding covers instruction, student services, Custom Fit, campus operations, and related support. The Income Tax Fund also provides $185,800 for the Student Success project. These appropriations do not set household payments, tuition rates, or individual aid amounts.
Southern Utah funds operations and community programs
Southern Utah University's listed operating adjustments provide a net $4.6875 million, not its full operating budget. They include $3.8067 million from the performance funding account and $6.0312 million in carried-over funds. A $5.1504 million subtraction for funds carried into the next year is already included in that net amount. Special projects receive $982,200: $825,700 from the Income Tax Fund and $156,500 in carried-over funds. Projects include the Shakespeare Festival, Rural Health, Utah Summer Games, and Student Success; this is program funding, not household payments.
Utah colleges receive student success funding
The law funds Student Success projects at Salt Lake Community College and eight technical colleges. Salt Lake receives $1.8281 million; Bridgerland, $16,000; Davis, $36,300; and Dixie, $12,000. Mountainland receives $203,300; Ogden-Weber, $77,700; Southwest, $88,600; Tooele, $1,700; and Uintah Basin, $58,400. Utah Tech also receives $639,400 for special projects covering Student Success and the Zion Park Amphitheater, including $559,800 from the Income Tax Fund. These project budgets do not establish individual awards or eligibility rules.
Utah funds higher education administration
The Utah Board of Higher Education receives $19.2988 million from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. Administration receives $14.0869 million, and the Utah Data Research Center receives $1.6901 million. Another $3.5218 million goes to pass-through funding for recipients. This money supports system administration and related recipients, not direct household benefits.
Utah funds scholarships and student aid
The law provides $53.7636 million for student assistance from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. This includes $30.3954 million for the Opportunity Scholarship and $8.455 million for Student Financial Aid. The Utah Promise Program receives $5.6626 million. The remaining money covers additional student aid programs and administrative costs. These are program budgets, not individual awards; this funding provision does not change eligibility rules.
Utah funds student learning support services
The law provides $10.8239 million for student support from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. Services for students with hearing impairments receive $792,300. Higher education technology receives $4.4777 million, and the Utah Academic Library Consortium receives $3.3929 million. The Math Competency Initiative receives $2.161 million. These are service budgets, not individual cash awards.
Utah funds workforce and technology training
The law provides $17.3122 million for workforce programs from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. Talent Ready Utah receives $8.7592 million, and the Emerging Tech Talent Initiative receives $5.0761 million. Another $3.4769 million goes to pass-through funding for recipients. This provision funds programs but does not set individual payments or eligibility rules.
Utah sets aside college performance funding
Beginning July 1, 2025, the law authorizes a net $57.779 million transfer to the Performance Funding Restricted Account. It combines $71.5 million from the Income Tax Fund and $1.721 million from the beginning balance. A $15.442 million closing-balance adjustment reduces that total. Spending from the account requires separate appropriation authority. The transfer itself creates no household payment or entitlement.
College and board budgets face reductions
The law reduces previously approved budget schedules for the fiscal year July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Net reductions are $31.8942 million for Utah Valley University, $4.9491 million for Snow College, and $9.6785 million for Utah Tech. Salt Lake Community College’s reduction is $13.7137 million, and Weber State University’s is $743,800. Utah Board of Higher Education budgets fall by $30.8484 million across administration, student assistance, student support, and Talent Ready Utah. These adjustments do not specify changes to tuition, individual aid awards, or student services.
Higher education performance account balance falls
For fiscal year 2025, authorized transfers reduce the Performance Funding Restricted Account by a listed net $7.397 million. Agencies receiving transferred money can spend it only when an appropriation authorizes the spending. These rules govern state funds and do not require households to make payments.
Seven technical colleges face budget reductions
The law reduces technical college education and general budget schedules for July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Net reductions are $1.7862 million for Mountainland, $446,500 for Bridgerland, $112,400 for Davis, and $361,000 for Dixie. Ogden-Weber’s reduction is $60,800; Southwest’s, $98,700; and Uintah Basin’s, $9,300. These adjustments reduce previously approved funding but do not set tuition increases or individual aid changes.
Three Utah universities face budget cuts
The law cuts previously approved funding for the fiscal year running July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. The University of Utah loses $23.7214 million across general education, medicine, and special projects. Utah State University loses $20.6092 million across university programs, Eastern, veterinary medicine, and special projects. Southern Utah University loses $8.6561 million across general education and special projects. These cuts do not set tuition rates or specific changes to student aid or services.
Tooele shifts money away from instruction
The law shifts Tooele Technical College funding for July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Instruction and student services receive less money, while academic and institutional support receive more. The listed beginning- and closing-balance changes net to zero. The law does not establish a household payment or change student eligibility.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Karen M. Peterson
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Ann Millner
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 1/30/2025
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 1/30/2025
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
Yes: 27 • No: 1
Senate vote • 1/30/2025
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 1/29/2025
House/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 1/29/2025
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 73 • No: 0
House vote • 1/28/2025
House/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
House/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
House/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
2/14/2025House/ to Governor
2/14/2025HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
2/14/2025HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
2/12/2025HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
2/12/2025Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
2/3/2025Bill Received from House for Enrolling
2/3/2025House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
1/31/2025HouseHouse/ received from Senate
1/31/2025HouseSenate/ to House
1/30/2025SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
1/30/2025SenateSenate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
1/30/2025SenateSenate/ uncircled
1/30/2025SenateSenate/ circled
1/30/2025SenateSenate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
1/30/2025SenateSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
1/30/2025SenateSenate/ received from House
1/29/2025SenateHouse/ to Senate
1/29/2025HouseHouse/ passed 3rd reading
1/29/2025HouseHouse/ uncircled
1/29/2025HouseHouse/ circled
1/28/2025HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
1/28/2025HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
1/28/2025HouseHouse/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
1/28/2025HouseHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
1/21/2025House
Bill Text
Enrolled
2/12/2025
Introduced
1/20/2025