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        SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5030 . (801) 538-1029         January 30, 2007

Mr. Speaker:

    The Education Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 148, EDUCATION VOUCHERS, by Representative S. Urquhart, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 18 through 23 :    

             18      scholarship payments;

  and      

             19          .    allows a school district to retain in enrollment a student that transfers to a private
             20      school for a period of five years, with a deduction equal to the average scholarship
             21      amount
{   ; and

             22          .    allows the State Board of Education to transfer unused scholarship monies to the
             23      Minimum School Program  
}
.

2.    Page 2, Line 43 :    

             43          
{   53A-1a-812, Utah Code Annotated 1953   }


3.    Page 4, Lines 106 through 108 :    

             106          (3) (a) To receive a scholarship, the parent of a student shall submit an application for
             107      the scholarship to the board by the June 1 preceding the school year for which a scholarship is
             108      sought, except the deadline for submitting an application for the 2007-08 school years is July
{   1   }        15       ,


4.    Page 4, Lines 112 through 114 :    

             112          (4) The board shall award scholarships by the July 1 preceding the school year for
             113      which a scholarship is sought, except the deadline for awarding scholarships for the 2007-08
             114      school year is August
{   1   }        15       , 2007.



5.    Page 11, Lines 316 through 322 :    

             316      statewide.
 

    (5) The monies deducted from a school district's minimum school program funds as provided in Subsection (4) shall be deposited into the Uniform School Fund.  

             317          
{   Section 8. Section 53A-1a-808 is enacted to read:

             318          53A-1a-808. Transfer of balance.
             319          After awarding the scholarships and budgeting for mitigation monies under this part,
             320      the board shall transfer any remaining balance appropriated for scholarships or mitigation
             321      monies to the kindergarten and grades 1-12 basic programs established under Chapter 17a,
             322      Minimum School Program Act.  
}

Renumber remaining sections accordingly.

    Respectfully,

    Gregory H. Hughes
    Committee Chair

Voting: 9-6-0

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HB0148
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