All of UEN costs are covered in one UEN line item. The appropriated programs within this one line item include:
- Administration;
- Operations and Maintenance;
- Public Information;
- KUEN Broadcast;
- Technical Services;
- Course Management Systems;
- Instructional Support;
- Statewide Data Alliance;
- Utah Education and Telehealth Network.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $54,128,700 from all sources for Utah Education and Telehealth Network. This is a 14.5 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $32,316,400 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 43.5 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:
Prior to FY 2008, the Legislature maintained two separate line items for UEN--including UEN programs and the UEN Satellite System. Beginning in FY 2008, the Legislature combined the UEN Satellite System with other UEN programs under a single line item for the agency. The first of the two line items--simply called Utah Education Network - funded all of UEN's activities, including administration and other essential programs. It contained seven active programs, details for each of which follow. Prior to FY 2002, the Legislature accounted for UEN - including the digital television upgrade - in a single program called UtahLINK.
The following si the funding picture for the entire Utah Education Network line item. UEN management has authority to reallocate funding within the UEN line item and has done so since FY 2006.
COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.