Some lawmakers fear it could skyrocket this year under the pending proposal to boost public education funding from Salt Lake City Sen. Jim Dabakis. The tweak to Utah's Constitution, which requires approval from both lawmakers and Utah voters, threatens to drain tax revenue from colleges and funnel the money to K-12 education. Last year, the fund provided $580 million of the Utah System of Higher Education's budget  68 percent, according to Buhler.