H.B. 363

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PUBLIC EDUCATION - ARTS ENHANCED
2 LEARNING PROGRAM
3 2008 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: Gregory H. Hughes
6 Senate Sponsor: ____________
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8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill creates the Arts Enhanced Learning Program to provide grants to integrate arts
11 teaching and learning into selected schools.
12 Highlighted Provisions:
13 This bill:
14 . creates the Arts Enhanced Learning Program to provide grants to integrate arts
15 teaching and learning into selected schools for students in kindergarten through
16 grade six;
17 . requires the State Board of Education to:
18 . establish a grant program for school and school district arts specialists; and
19 . annually contract with an independent, qualified program evaluator; and
20 . requires partnerships between participating schools and certain institutions of higher
21 education for quality pre-service and in-service training, research, and leadership
22 development for arts education.
23 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
24 This bill appropriates:
25 . as an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints, $7,310,000 from
26 the Uniform School Fund for fiscal year 2008-09 to the State Board of Education;
27 . as an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints, $600,000 from the

28 Education Fund for fiscal year 2008-09 to the State Board of Regents; and
29 . $1,000,000 from the Uniform School Fund for fiscal year 2008-09 only, to the State
30 Board of Education.
31 Other Special Clauses:
32 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2008.
33 Utah Code Sections Affected:
34 ENACTS:
35 53A-17a-154, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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37 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
38 Section 1. Section 53A-17a-154 is enacted to read:
39 53A-17a-154. Arts Enhanced Learning Program.
40 (1) The Arts Enhanced Learning Program is created to enhance the learning of students
41 in kindergarten through grade six by integrating arts teaching and learning into other core
42 subject areas.
43 (2) From monies appropriated for the Arts Enhanced Learning Program, the State
44 Board of Education shall:
45 (a) establish a grant program to allow school districts and charter schools to hire 100
46 highly qualified, full-time arts specialists to work at schools;
47 (b) provide up to $10,000 in one-time funds for each arts specialist described under
48 Subsection (2)(a) to purchase supplies and equipment;
49 (c) establish a grant program to allow 20 school districts to hire art specialists,
50 provided that a qualifying school district provides matching funds in an amount equal to the
51 grant amount; and
52 (d) annually contract with an independent, qualified evaluator, selected through a
53 request for proposals process, to evaluate the Arts Enhanced Learning Program.
54 (3) Arts Enhanced Learning Program monies may not be used to supplant funds for
55 existing programs, but may be used to augment existing programs.
56 (4) Schools that participate in the Arts Enhanced Learning Program shall partner with
57 institutions of higher education that award elementary education degrees to obtain quality
58 pre-service and in-service training, research, and leadership development for arts education.

59 (5) The State Board of Education shall make an annual report during the 2009, 2010,
60 and 2011 interims to the Public Education Interim Committee describing the program's impact
61 on students in kindergarten through grade six.
62 Section 2. Ongoing appropriations.
63 (1) As an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints, there is
64 appropriated from the Uniform School Fund for fiscal year 2008-09, $7,310,000 to the State
65 Board of Education to fund the Arts Enhanced Learning Program established in Section
66 53A-17a-154 .
67 (2) (a) As an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints, there is
68 appropriated from the Education Fund for fiscal year 2008-09, $600,000 to the State Board of
69 Regents.
70 (b) It is the Intent of the Legislature that the appropriation under Subsection (2)(a) shall
71 be distributed to institutions of higher education that award elementary education degrees to
72 provide:
73 (i) support to partner school districts and charter schools that participate in the Arts
74 Enhanced Learning Program established in Section 53A-17a-154 ; and
75 (ii) quality pre-service and in-service training, research, and leadership development
76 for arts education.
77 (c) It is the Intent of the Legislature that a maximum of 8% of the appropriation under
78 Subsection (2)(a) may be used to support indirect costs.
79 Section 3. One-time appropriation.
80 There is appropriated $1,000,000 from the Uniform School Fund for fiscal year
81 2008-09 only, to the State Board of Education to allocate for the purchase of supplies and
82 equipment in accordance with the provisions of Subsection 53A-17a-154 (2)(b).
83 Section 4. Effective date.
84 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2008.




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