Where: Utah
The legislative compromise: The Utah Legislature and Supports of Increasing School Funding made a deal that would:
- put a 10cent gas tax question to the voters and then require legislative implementation after the vote
- the Legislature in exchange:
- froze the state basic property tax rate for 5 years
- created a new tax rate for the weighted pupil unit thereby creating a $292 million increase in education funding.
- if the gas tax is approved, funds would be divded like this:
- 70% to schools
- 30% to transportation projects