STUDENTS & TEACHERS

$79 million for a 5 percent increase of the

Weighted Pupil Unit

$34 million for enrollment growth

$24 million for "critical" higher education

compensation issues

$16 million to a Performance Plus math

program

$7 million for the Utah Basic Skills and

Competency Test

ENVIRONMENT & OPEN SPACE

$4 million for open space and trails

$2 million for high-level nuclear waste opposition

$200,000 for watershed initiative

$83,000 to hire auditor overseeing hazardous

waste management

BRICKS & PAVEMENT

$100 million for state buildings, including the U. Marriott Library, Gunnison prison facility, UVSC digital learning center,

and Vernal's USU and UBATC campus

$70 million for highways

$50 million for Capitol restoration

$19 million for state buildings

HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES

$35 million for Medicaid program growth and

inflation

$10 million to subsidize uninsurable individuals

$7 million for more Child and Family Services cases

$7 million to help disabled people on

waiting list for services

$6 million for the Drug Offenders Reform Act

CRIME & PUNISHMENT

$10 million to pay for more prison inmates

$2 million for increasing youth corrections cases

$1 million to increase reimbursement to county jails

$1 million increase in court contract and lease expenses

GOVERNMENT WORKERS

$39 million for a 3 percent employee cost-of-living increase and boost in health premiums

$5 million for the Utah Defense Alliance to preserve Hill Air Force Base and its 23,000-plus jobs