H.B. 68
         SCHOOL FEE WAIVER AMENDMENTS

house floor Amendments

Amendment 3 January 19, 2007 8:48 am



Representative Jack R. Draxler proposes the following amendments:

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    House Committee Amendments
    1-17-2007 :
    

             74          (7) (a) The State Board of Education shall distribute funds appropriated to compensate
             75      school districts for impacts of fee waivers as provided in this Subsection (7).
             76          (b) Each school district shall
  :

    (i)  
receive        :

    (A)  
up to $40 per student in grades 9 through 12

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{  
     eligible for   }
  granted       fee waivers      {   .   }        ; and

    (B) no more than the total actual value of the fee waivers granted by the school district; and
    (ii) transfer funds received under Subsection (7)(b)(i) to the schools that granted fee waivers in proportion to the amount of granted fee waivers in each school.  

             78          (c) The State Board of Education shall make rules specifying procedures for the
             79      application for and distribution of funds under this Subsection (7).
             79a          H. (d) Beginning on July 1, 2009, a school district or charter school may not receive a
             79b      distribution of funds under this Subsection (7) unless the school district or charter school
             79c      accounts for revenues collected and expended at the school level in accordance with rules of
             79d      the State Board of Education which shall:
             79e          (i) require that revenues collected and expended at the school level be classified in
             79f      accordance with a uniform chart of accounts;
             79g          (ii) provide for the identification of revenues from fees and how fees are expended; and
             79h          (iii) require that revenues collected and expended at the school level be:
             79i          (A) reported to the state superintendent for inclusion in the annual report of the state
             79j      superintendent provided by Section 53A-1-301 ; and
             79k          (B) included in the annual audit report required under Section 51-2a-201. .H
             80          Section 2. Appropriation.


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