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This bill sets the state funding levels for Utah's public colleges, universities, and technical colleges for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, making adjustments to the current year's budget while establishing new appropriations of roughly $3.1 billion for 2027 across institutions including the University of Utah, Utah State University, Weber State, Utah Valley University, Snow College, Salt Lake Community College, and all eight technical colleges. Funding comes from the General Fund, the Income Tax Fund, and tuition and other revenue, and covers areas such as instruction, research, student services, and campus operations at each school. The bill also funds student assistance programs including the Opportunity Scholarship, Utah Promise Program, Veterans Tuition Gap Program, and a new Student Prosperity Savings Program, and directs $91.5 million into a performance-based funding account that distributes money to institutions based on outcomes. This substitute version is substantially similar to the prior draft summarized earlier, continuing to set the same overall higher education budget structure and programs with updated dollar figures.