Compendium of Budget Information for the 2012 General Session

Public Education
Appropriations Subcommittee
Subcommittee Table of Contents

Subcommittee Summary

Background

The Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee oversees the budgets for three principal areas in public education. First, the Minimum School Program which provides general operating revenues to all school districts and charter schools in the state. Second, the School Building Program supports school districts in school building construction and renovation. Finally, the Education Agencies that administer and support the public education system include: the Utah State Office of Education, USOE Initiative Programs, State Charter School Board, Educator Licensing, Child Nutrition Programs, Fine Arts Outreach, Science Outreach, Education Contracts, and the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.

Statutory Authority

The following references from the State constitution and statute govern Utah's public education system. Each subsequent chapter details any statutes that directly relate to education programs, agencies, and line items discussed within the chapter.

  • Utah State Constitution Article X - Education - The constitution provides for the establishment of free non-sectarian schools, defines what constitutes the State's public education system, and places the responsibility of general control and supervision of the system with a State Board of Education.

  • UCA Title 53A - State System of Public Education - Section 53A contains most of the statutes governing Utah's public education system.

  • UCA 53A-1a-103 - Provides the mission of Utah's public education system as recognized and defined by the Legislature.

  • UCA 53A-1a-104 - Details the characteristics of what constitutes Utah's public education and that the Legislature shall assist in maintaining a system to meet these characteristics.

Funding Detail

In FY 2011, the state altered the way it accounts for appropriations from the income tax, which is deposited in the Education Fund. Prior to FY 2011, a fund transfer occurred that moved state revenue from the Education Fund to the Uniform School Fund to support appropriations to public education. This transfer created confusion in the appropriations process and made it difficult to track revenues. Beginning in FY 2011 Legislators appropriated directly from the Education Fund to public education. Some revenue sources are still required by statute to be deposited into the Uniform School Fund for appropriation to public education and are reflected in the appropriations detail.

Note: The Restricted Revenue - PED in FY 2009 represents funds set aside by the Legislature in the Uniform School Fund Restricted - Growth in Student Population Account. This funding was later used in FY 2011 to mitigate the effects of the economic downturn on the public education system.

Sources of Finance
2008
Actual
2009
Actual
2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Approp
General Fund $10,900,000 $2,312,500 $2,312,500 $3,211,800 $3,750,000
General Fund, One-time ($8,500,000) $1,090,600 ($600) $0 $0
Uniform School Fund $2,338,952,308 $2,260,854,586 $2,108,936,686 $19,000,000 $19,000,000
Uniform School Fund, One-time $238,673,000 $171,511,600 $181,789,300 $30,000,000 $12,000,000
Education Fund $0 $0 $0 $2,349,904,886 $2,383,756,291
Education Fund, One-time $0 $0 $0 ($65,555,800) $3,553,900
Federal Funds $339,840,500 $366,796,100 $354,211,800 $579,099,700 $281,626,000
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act $0 $189,391,800 $144,454,300 $0 $0
Dedicated Credits Revenue $32,563,100 $33,263,900 $35,433,800 $35,961,300 $29,050,100
Federal Mineral Lease $3,187,100 $3,458,700 $2,804,000 $3,034,800 $2,881,200
Restricted Revenue $0 $1,206,600 $0 $799,600 $0
GFR - Land Exchange Distribution Account $394,000 $277,200 $292,700 $0 $302,400
GFR - Substance Abuse Prevention $495,900 $0 $490,600 $0 $497,000
EFR - Interest and Dividends Account $25,808,900 $26,499,500 $24,754,400 $23,019,700 $23,009,400
EFR - Professional Practices $1,434,800 $1,465,900 $1,460,600 $2,173,100 $2,168,700
Local Revenue $508,148,621 $592,118,974 $602,671,370 $633,804,300 $590,334,173
Transfers $5,310,800 $7,388,000 $0 $4,449,557 $5,175,100
Transfers - Health $0 $0 $1,035,800 $0 $0
Transfers - Interagency $0 $0 $4,523,500 $0 $0
Transfers - Medicaid $0 $505,900 $726,500 $1,243,743 $0
Beginning Nonlapsing $66,024,300 $22,477,300 $48,150,000 $22,636,600 $45,991,133
Beginning Nonlapsing - Basic Prog $0 $0 $0 $0 $6,300,000
Beginning Nonlapsing - Related to Basic $0 $0 $0 $0 $4,000,000
Beginning Nonlapsing - Voted and Board $0 $0 $0 $8,000,000 $0
Closing Nonlapsing ($66,392,900) ($16,269,500) ($56,424,800) ($72,250,000) ($45,991,133)
Lapsing Balance ($405,700) ($379,100) $0 ($596,500) ($207,700)
Total
$3,496,434,729
$3,663,970,560
$3,457,622,456
$3,577,936,786
$3,367,196,564
 
Agencies
2008
Actual
2009
Actual
2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Approp
Minimum School Program $0 $0 ($11,191,300) $0 $0
MSP - Basic School Program $1,752,778,398 $1,840,119,735 $1,885,124,463 $1,930,556,336 $2,131,215,387
MSP - Related to Basic Programs $738,645,318 $824,382,121 $686,198,003 $665,938,102 $443,758,969
MSP - One-time Initiatives $176,127,000 $11,000,000 $0 $0 $0
MSP - Voted and Board Leeways $304,767,113 $359,913,204 $380,220,790 $377,718,848 $387,405,308
School Building Programs $77,288,900 $42,288,900 $22,499,700 $14,499,700 $14,399,700
State Board of Education $446,828,000 $486,266,600 $494,770,800 $589,223,800 $390,417,200
Restricted Revenue - PED $0 $100,000,000 $0 $0 $0
Total
$3,496,434,729
$3,663,970,560
$3,457,622,456
$3,577,936,786
$3,367,196,564
 
Categories of Expenditure
2008
Actual
2009
Actual
2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Approp
Personnel Services $43,306,800 $43,961,800 $44,283,700 $43,355,100 $44,237,500
In-state Travel $816,800 $704,000 $722,000 $688,900 $733,000
Out-of-state Travel $434,300 $292,100 $316,800 $329,400 $294,600
Current Expense $25,758,100 $34,721,200 $33,222,600 $30,459,300 $35,176,700
DP Current Expense $853,800 $1,189,500 $746,300 $750,900 $788,900
DP Capital Outlay $265,100 $466,700 $900,400 $1,872,300 $915,300
Capital Outlay $22,500 $93,400 $0 $0 $0
Other Charges/Pass Thru $3,424,977,329 $3,582,541,860 $3,377,430,656 $3,500,380,886 $3,285,050,564
Transfers $0 $0 $0 $100,000 $0
Total
$3,496,434,729
$3,663,970,560
$3,457,622,456
$3,577,936,786
$3,367,196,564
 
Other Indicators
2008
Actual
2009
Actual
2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Approp
Budgeted FTE 641.0 654.3 631.0 643.3 617.0
Actual FTE 0.0 0.0 626.5 590.3 0.0
Vehicles 70 70 70 68 71
Weighted Pupil Units 0 0 731,519 745,100 764,659






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