S.B. 241

This document includes Senate Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12:54 PM by smaeser. -->

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INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENSES
2 REQUIREMENTS
3 2009 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: Mark B. Madsen
6 House Sponsor: ____________
7
8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill requires school districts to spend a certain portion of general fund expenditures
11 on instructional expenditures.
12 Highlighted Provisions:
13 This bill:
14 . requires each school district to spend at least 65% of its general fund expenditures
15 on instructional expenditures, with certain exceptions;
16 . provides for waivers of the expenditure standards from the State Board of
17 Education; S. [ and ]
17a . provides an exemption for small school districts; and .S
18 . defines terms.
19 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
20 None
21 Other Special Clauses:
22 None
23 Utah Code Sections Affected:
24 ENACTS:
25 53A-3-404.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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27 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:

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Section 1. Section 53A-3-404.5 is enacted to read:
29 53A-3-404.5. Instructional expenditures standards.
30 (1) As used in this section:
31 (a) "General fund expenditures" means expenditures accounted for in a school district's
32 general fund, as defined in the U.S. Department of Education publication, "Financial
33 Accounting for Local and State School Systems."
34 (b) "Instructional expenditures" means expenditures for instruction as defined in the
35 U.S. Department of Education publication, "Financial Accounting for Local and State School
36 Systems."
37 (2) (a) Each school district shall spend at least 65% of its general fund expenditures on
38 instructional expenditures.
39 (b) If a school district's instructional expenditures in fiscal year 2008-09 are less than
40 65% of its general fund expenditures, the school district shall increase instructional
41 expenditures as a percent of general fund expenditures by two percentage points per year
42 beginning in fiscal year 2009-10.
43 (3) (a) A school district that is unable to meet the expenditure standards established
44 under Subsection (2) may apply to the State Board of Education for a waiver. The waiver
45 request shall specify:
46 (i) the reasons why the school district is unable to meet the expenditure standards; and
47 (ii) actions the school district will take to meet the expenditure standards in the
48 following year.
49 (b) The State Board of Education shall grant or deny the waiver request within 60 days
50 of receiving the request.
50a S. (4) The provisions under this section do not apply to a school district with an
50b enrollment of less than 5,000 students. .S

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