H.B. 9 Enrolled

FUNDING CLASSROOM SUPPLIES
1999 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Ron Bigelow
Gerry A. Adair
Jeff Alexander
Sheryl L. Allen
Eli H. Anderson
Patrice M. Arent
Loretta Baca
Trisha S. Beck
Ralph Becker
Chad E. Bennion
Jackie Biskupski
Duane E. Bourdeaux
DeMar Bud Bowman
Afton B. Bradshaw
Melvin R. Brown
Katherine M. Bryson
Perry L. Buckner
Judy Ann Buffmire
Don E. Bush
Craig W. Buttars
Mary Carlson
Blake D. Chard
Gary F. Cox
David N. Cox
Greg J. Curtis
Margaret Dayton
Marda Dillree
Carl W. Duckworth
Ben C. Ferry
Fred J. Fife
Lloyd W. Frandsen
Kevin S. Garn
David L. Gladwell
Brent H. Goodfellow
James R. Gowans
Neil A. Hansen
Wayne A. Harper
Thomas V. Hatch
Neal B. Hendrickson
John W. Hickman
David L. Hogue
Kory M. Holdaway
Bryan D. Holladay
Dennis H. Iverson
Keele Johnson
Bradley T. Johnson
David M. Jones
Brad King
Susan J. Koehn
Rebecca D. Lockhart
Karen W. Morgan
Joseph G. Murray
Lowell A. Nelson
Evan L. Olsen
Loraine T. Pace
Tammy J. Rowan
Carl R. Saunders
Jack A. Seitz
Raymond W. Short
Lawanna Shurtliff
Richard M. Siddoway
Gordon E. Snow
Marlon O. Snow
Martin R. Stephens
Nora B. Stephens
Michael R. Styler
John E. Swallow
Jordan Tanner
Matt Throckmorton
A. Lamont Tyler
David Ure
Richard L. Walsh
Glenn L. Way
Bill Wright
David L. Zolman

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; PROVIDING A $3,750,000
APPROPRIATION FOR TEACHER CLASSROOM SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
This act enacts uncodified material.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Appropriation.
(1) There is appropriated from the Uniform School Fund for fiscal year 1999-2000,
$3,750,000 to the State Board of Education for distribution to public school teachers for classroom

supplies and materials.
(2) The board shall distribute the appropriation directly to classroom teachers through the
state's 40 school districts on the basis of the number of classroom teachers in each public school as
compared to the total number of classroom teachers in the 40 school districts.
(3) Each teacher shall receive up to $200 and may spend the money for school supplies,
materials, or field trips under rules adopted by the State Board of Education.
(4) As used in this section:
(a) "Public schools" and "school districts" include the Schools for the Deaf and the Blind,
the Edith Bowen Laboratory School, and Applied Technology Centers.
(b) "Teachers" mean permanent teacher positions filled by one teacher or two or more
job-sharing teachers who are certificated personnel, paid on the teacher's salary schedule, and whose
primary function is to provide instructional or a combination of instructional and counseling services
to students in the public schools. They must be hired by the district for an entire contract period.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act takes effect on July 1, 1999.

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