KEY POINTS

Presidents of all of Utah's public degree-granting colleges presented their controversial strategic reinvestment plans to the Legislature's Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee.

On Tuesday, the plans were approved by the subcommittee — and will now be reviewed by the Legislature's Executive Appropriations Committee for final approval.

If their respective reallocation plans are approved, the schools will recapture budget money that is currently being withheld.

Tuesday marked a key moment in the state’s historic and often divisive strategic reinvestment effort for Utah’s higher education institutions.

For the first time, the leaders of the state’s eight degree-granting colleges and universities formally presented their respective reallocation plans for the next three

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