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H.B. 9

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FUNDING CLASSROOM SUPPLIES

             2     
1999 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Sponsor: Ron Bigelow

             5      AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; PROVIDING A S [ $4,500,000 ] $3,750,000 s
             6      APPROPRIATION FOR TEACHER CLASSROOM SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS; AND
             7      PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
             8      This act enacts uncodified material.
             9      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             10          Section 1. Appropriation.
             11          (1) Except as provided in H.B. 4, Appropriations Coordination Act, there is appropriated
             12      from the Uniform School Fund for fiscal year 1999-2000, S [ $4,500,000 ] $3,750,000 s to the State
             12a      Board of
             13      Education for distribution to public school teachers for classroom supplies and materials.
             14          (2) The board shall distribute the appropriation directly to classroom teachers through the
             15      state's 40 school districts on the basis of the number of classroom teachers in each public school
             16      as compared to the total number of classroom teachers in the 40 school districts.
             17          (3) Each teacher shall receive up to S [ $225 ] $200 s and may spend the money for school
             17a      supplies,
             18      materials, or field trips under rules adopted by the State Board of Education.
             19          (4) As used in this section:
             20          (a) "Public schools" and "school districts" include the Schools for the Deaf and the Blind,
             21      the Edith Bowen Laboratory School, and Applied Technology Centers.
             22          (b) "Teachers" mean permanent teacher positions filled by one teacher or two or more
             23      job-sharing teachers who are certificated personnel, paid on the teacher's salary schedule, and
             24      whose primary function is to provide instructional or a combination of instructional and counseling
             25      services to students in the public schools. They must be hired by the district for an entire contract
             26      period.
             27          Section 2. Effective date.


             28          This act takes effect on July 1, 1999.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 11-20-98 10:43 AM


A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


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