UVU 2025 Legislative Priorities:

Budget Priorities

Compensation and Mandatory Increases

• 2.7% compensation increase
• 7.1% mandatory cost increases to insurance premiums
• 1% dental insurance premium increase
• Fuel and power (USHE: $4.7M, UVU: $415K)

 

Performance-funding (USHE $30M/UVU $2.6M)

• Enhance student success and accelerate completion $500K
• Institutional and workforce readiness $305K
• Digital transformation/cybersecurity $665K
• High-demand program expansion $1.14M

 

Requests for Appropriations

• AI Institute $2M one-time/$1M ongoing)
• Utah Lake Research and Nature Center $17M

 

Capital Facilities

• Student Athlete Success Center
  $14.5M from UVU's dedicated fund
• Health Professions and Mental Health Building
  $8.7M from UVU's dedicated fund

 

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UVU 2024 Legislative Priorities:

Budget Priorities

Compensation and Mandatory Increases

• 3.5% compensation increase
• 7.2% mandatory cost increases to insurance premiums
• 0.9% dental insurance premium increase
• Risk management rate increases

 

Performance-funding (USHE $30M/UVU $3.8M)

• Enhance student success and accelerate completion ($800K)
• High-demand program expansion ($2.1M)

 

Requests for Appropriations

• Jobs CEO Council ($700K one-time/$600K ongoing)
• Utah Lake Center ($25M one-time)
• Public Policy Institutes ($1.5M ongoing)
• UFRA ($750K one-time/$125K ongoing)
• Civic Thought & Leadership Incentive (CTLI) ($875K ongoing)

 

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2024 Weekly Updates from USHE:

• Week #1: January 16 - January 19
• Week #2: January 22 - January 26
• Week #3: January 29 - February 2
• Week #4: February 5 - February 9
• Week #5: February 12 - February 16
• Week #6: February 19 - February 23
• Week #7: February 26 - March 1

UVU 2023 Legislative Priorities:

Budget Priorities

Compensation and Mandatory Increases

• 5% cost of living adjustment
• Compensation funded at 100%
• Mandatory cost increases to insurance premiums
• Risk management rate increases

 

Performance-funding (USHE $40M/UVU $6.3M)

• Enhance student success and accelerate completion ($800K)
• Institutional and workforce readyiness ($500K)
• Flexible educational opportunities and timely completion ($1.7M)
• Digital transformation and cybersecurity ($1.2M)
• High-demand program expansion ($2.1M)

 

Capital Facilities

• Legislature to release $80M appropriation for UVU Scott M. Smith Engineering and Technology Buildings

 

USHE Requests

• Healthcare workforce expansions (USHE: $6M)
• Computer science workforce expansions (USHE: $5.5M)
• Equipment funds (USHE: $3M, UVU: $470K)

 

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UVU 2022 Legislative Priorities:

Budget Priorities

Compensation and Mandatory Increases

• 3.5% cost of living adjustment
• Mandatory cost increases to insurance premiums
• Risk management rate increases

 

Performance-funding (USHE $35M/UVU $5.7M)

• Student access and completion ($1.7M)
• Flexible education opportunities for timely completion ($1.1M)
• Digital transformation and cybersecurity ($600K)
• Healthcare program expansion ($2.2M)

 

Growth (USHE $5M)

• Faculty and instructional or student support staff for high-demand, high-growth programs

 

Capital Facilities

College of Engineering and Technology building ($110M total, $80M ask)

• UVU has raised $30M from private donors

 

Retention and Completion

UVU is now implementing a new 4-year (2019–2022) completion plan that includes initiatives for a first-year advising center, data-driven interventions, pathways, general education, scheduling, faculty development, student communication, and high-impact practices.

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2022 Weekly Updates:

• Week #1: January 17 - January 21
• Week #2: January 24 - January 28
• Week #3: January 31 - February 4
• Week #4: February 7 - February 11
• Week #5: February 14 - February 18
• Week #6: February 21 - February 25
• Week #7: February 28 - March 4

UVU 2021 Legislative Priorities:

Budget Priorities

Compensation and Mandatory Increases

• Salary and health insurance increase, 100% funded (USHE $23.4M)
• Mandatory cost increases to insurance premiums (USHE $3.9M)
• Risk management rate increases (UVU $70,516)

 

Faculty Rank and Tenure Promotion (USHE $3.3M/UVU $328,000)

 

Performance-funding (USHE $22M/UVU $3.6M)

• Retention and completion analytics and interventions $990K
• Flexible education opportunities for timely completion $838K
• Digital transformation $672K
• Computer, engineering & technology program expansion $752K
• School counseling program $312K

 

Growth (USHE $4.4M/UVU $3M)

• Faculty and instructional/student support staff for high-demand, high-growth programs

 

Future Capital Facility Needs

• College of Engineering and Technology building ($88M)

 

Retention and Completion

UVU is now implementing a new 4-year (2019–2022) completion plan that includes initiatives for a first-year advising center, data-driven interventions, pathways, general education, scheduling, faculty development, student communication, and high-impact practices.

Download the Fast Facts PDF for graduation and degree statistics.

 

Weekly Updates:

• Week #1: January 19 - January 22
• Week #2: January 25 - January 29
• Week #3: February 1 - February 5
• Week #4: February 8 - February 12
• Week #5: February 15 - February 19
• Week #6: February 22 - February 26
• Week #7: March 1 - March 5