"Educators pleased with guv's education recommendations" SL Trib

Congrats to our WEA Blog Contest winners of Subway cards: Krista Stettler (Wahlquist), Mary Margaret Lyon (Bonneville), Debra Green (Sand Ridge), and Melanie Malan (WHS).

Governor Herbert's budget has the following recommendations:

• Additional $111 million on public schools
• Total of $3.6 billion (28% of the budget)
• $41 million for the 12,500 new students
• $21.5 million or an Increase of 1% in Weighted Pupil Unit (funding for a possible pay increase)
• $10 million to continue extended day kindergarten
• $12 million for computer-adaptive testing
• $2 million for Charter School start up costs
• $2.2 million for college readiness tests (ACT)

Read the articles at:http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/53100691-78/million-recommendations-utah-education.html.csp

:http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/53099197-90/budget-debt-education-governor.html.csp