Utah business leaders want $128 million more for schools

Performance pay for teachers, more college scholarships, and ACT exams for all 11th-graders are among more than a dozen items Utah’s business leaders want to see lawmakers fund this legislative session.

Those items are part of a proposal unveiled on Thursday by Prosperity 2020, a Utah business-led movement to invest in education that includes 15 chambers of commerce, among other partners. In all, the group wants to see lawmakers put an additional $128 million toward public schools and higher education in Utah. That amounts to roughly a third of the projected $400 million in additional revenue the state is expecting.

By lisa schencker

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