About UEN

We network for education.

Who do we serve?

• 817,558 students
• 64,343 educators

What services do we provide?

• We connect Utah schools, colleges, and public libraries to the Internet.
• We curate high-demand educational applications and deliver them over the network.
• We protect the state’s investment through support services guiding effective utilization.

We pride ourselves on effective, efficient services, fiscal responsibility, and public accountability.

Our Request

The UEN Governing Board is comprised of engaged leaders that know our technology infrastructure is key to education success and meeting the 66% by 2020 goals.

The UEN Board recommends funding three critical educational technology infrastructure needs:

1. Elementary Connectivity
Elementary Connectivity Phase 2 of a multi-year strategy to equalize the uneven cost of circuits for school districts.

2. Capital Equipment Maintenance and Replacement
Dedicated funding for a seven-year refresh cycle on network equipment and one-time funds to address a back-log of our most critical maintenance projects.

3. Multimedia Infrastructure
Software and tools used to encode, catalog, host and deliver multimedia for public and higher education statewide. This is the back-end of the UEN eMedia service. Learn more...

 

	One-time	Ongoing
1		$250,000
2	$2,900,000	$1,600,000
3	$1,026,000	$453,000
Total	$3,926,000	$2,303,000

Your Support

You can help by talking to your state legislators and educational leaders.  Let them know how you use UEN and why our continued success is important for accomplishing your educational goals.

• Download the UEN informational video and share with others.
  

• Print our handy one-sheet with talking points about our funding request.

• Browse UEN's informational booklet including services, customers and finances.

• Post a comment on our kudos page – help us help you - and make your support known.

• Contact UEN if you’d like a presentation for your organization or if you have ideas on how we can work better to serve you.

Endorsements

"We need to invest more in TECHNOLOGY. The State Board [of Education] is working on technology standards for Utah schools to guide us forward, but we are not starting from "square one." The UTAH EDUCATION NETWORK is the envy of states around us and gives us a robust network backbone."
Larry K. Shumway, Ed.D., State Superintendent of Public Instruction 2012 Annual Report