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PUBLIC EDUCATION BUDGET AMENDMENTS

             2     
2013 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Melvin R. Brown

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Senate Sponsor: Lyle W. Hillyard

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill supplements or reduces appropriations previously provided for school districts,
             10      charter schools, and certain state education agencies for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
             11      2013, and ending June 30, 2014, and modifies related budgetary provisions.
             12      Highlighted Provisions:
             13          This bill:
             14          .    modifies an index by which the state guarantee dollar amount per weighted pupil
             15      unit for the voted leeway and board-authorized leeway programs annually increases;
             16          .    provides budget increases and decreases for the use and support of certain state
             17      education agencies;
             18          .    provides budget increases and decreases for programs that support school districts
             19      and charter schools;
             20          .    provides a distribution formula for the appropriation for Teacher Supplies and
             21      Materials;
             22          .    provides intent language;
             23          .    establishes the value of the weighted pupil unit for fiscal year 2013-14 at:
             24              .    $2,659 for the special education and career and technology add-on programs;
             25      and
             26              .    $2,899 for all other programs; and
             27          .    makes technical changes.
             28      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             29          This bill appropriates for fiscal year 2013-14:


             30          .    $5,000,000 from the Uniform School Fund;
             31          .    $139,745,600 from the Education Fund; and
             32          .    $19,912,400 from various sources as detailed in this bill.
             33      Other Special Clauses:
             34          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2013.
             35      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             36      AMENDS:
             37          53A-17a-133, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 421
             38          53A-17a-164, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 371
             39      REPEALS:
             40          53A-1-408, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapters 250 and 382
             41      Uncodified Material Affected:
             42      ENACTS UNCODIFIED MATERIAL
             43     
             44      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             45          Section 1. Section 53A-17a-133 is amended to read:
             46           53A-17a-133. State-supported voted local levy authorized -- Election
             47      requirements -- State guarantee -- Reconsideration of the program.
             48          (1) An election to consider adoption or modification of a voted local levy is required if
             49      initiative petitions signed by 10% of the number of electors who voted at the last preceding
             50      general election are presented to the local school board or by action of the board.
             51          (2) (a) (i) To impose a voted local levy, a majority of the electors of a district voting at
             52      an election in the manner set forth in Subsections (8) and (9) must vote in favor of a special
             53      tax.
             54          (ii) The tax rate may not exceed .002 per dollar of taxable value.
             55          (b) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(c), in order to receive state support the first
             56      year, a district must receive voter approval no later than December 1 of the year prior to
             57      implementation.


             58          (c) Beginning on or after January 1, 2012, a school district may receive state support in
             59      accordance with Subsection (3) without complying with the requirements of Subsection (2)(b)
             60      if the local school board imposed a tax in accordance with this section during the taxable year
             61      beginning on January 1, 2011 and ending on December 31, 2011.
             62          (3) (a) In addition to the revenue a school district collects from the imposition of a levy
             63      pursuant to this section, the state shall contribute an amount sufficient to guarantee $27.36 per
             64      weighted pupil unit for each .0001 of the first .0016 per dollar of taxable value.
             65          (b) The same dollar amount guarantee per weighted pupil unit for the .0016 per dollar
             66      of taxable value under Subsection (3)(a) shall apply to the portion of the board local levy
             67      authorized in Section 53A-17a-164 , so that the guarantee shall apply up to a total of .002 per
             68      dollar of taxable value if a school district levies a tax rate under both programs.
             69          (c) (i) Beginning July 1, [2013] 2014, the $27.36 guarantee under Subsections (3)(a)
             70      and (b) shall be indexed each year to the value of the weighted pupil unit for the grades 1
             71      through 12 program by making the value of the guarantee equal to [.010544] .00963 times the
             72      value of the prior year's weighted pupil unit for the grades 1 through 12 program.
             73          (ii) The guarantee shall increase by .0005 times the value of the prior year's weighted
             74      pupil unit for the grades 1 through 12 program for each succeeding year subject to the
             75      Legislature appropriating funds for an increase in the guarantee.
             76          (d) (i) The amount of state guarantee money to which a school district would otherwise
             77      be entitled to receive under this Subsection (3) may not be reduced for the sole reason that the
             78      district's levy is reduced as a consequence of changes in the certified tax rate under Section
             79      59-2-924 pursuant to changes in property valuation.
             80          (ii) Subsection (3)(d)(i) applies for a period of five years following any such change in
             81      the certified tax rate.
             82          (e) The guarantee provided under this section does not apply to the portion of a voted
             83      local levy rate that exceeds the voted local levy rate that was in effect for the previous fiscal
             84      year, unless an increase in the voted local levy rate was authorized in an election conducted on
             85      or after July 1 of the previous fiscal year and before December 2 of the previous fiscal year.


             86          (4) (a) An election to modify an existing voted local levy is not a reconsideration of the
             87      existing authority unless the proposition submitted to the electors expressly so states.
             88          (b) A majority vote opposing a modification does not deprive the district of authority to
             89      continue the levy.
             90          (c) If adoption of a voted local levy is contingent upon an offset reducing other local
             91      school board levies, the board must allow the electors, in an election, to consider modifying or
             92      discontinuing the imposition of the levy prior to a subsequent increase in other levies that
             93      would increase the total local school board levy.
             94          (d) Nothing contained in this section terminates, without an election, the authority of a
             95      school district to continue imposing an existing voted local levy previously authorized by the
             96      voters as a voted leeway program.
             97          (5) Notwithstanding Section 59-2-919 , a school district may budget an increased
             98      amount of ad valorem property tax revenue derived from a voted local levy imposed under this
             99      section in addition to revenue from new growth as defined in Subsection 59-2-924 (4), without
             100      having to comply with the notice requirements of Section 59-2-919 , if:
             101          (a) the voted local levy is approved:
             102          (i) in accordance with Subsections (8) and (9) on or after January 1, 2003; and
             103          (ii) within the four-year period immediately preceding the year in which the school
             104      district seeks to budget an increased amount of ad valorem property tax revenue derived from
             105      the voted local levy; and
             106          (b) for a voted local levy approved or modified in accordance with this section on or
             107      after January 1, 2009, the school district complies with the requirements of Subsection (7).
             108          (6) Notwithstanding Section 59-2-919 , a school district may levy a tax rate under this
             109      section that exceeds the certified tax rate without having to comply with the notice
             110      requirements of Section 59-2-919 if:
             111          (a) the levy exceeds the certified tax rate as the result of a school district budgeting an
             112      increased amount of ad valorem property tax revenue derived from a voted local levy imposed
             113      under this section;


             114          (b) the voted local levy was approved:
             115          (i) in accordance with Subsections (8) and (9) on or after January 1, 2003; and
             116          (ii) within the four-year period immediately preceding the year in which the school
             117      district seeks to budget an increased amount of ad valorem property tax revenue derived from
             118      the voted local levy; and
             119          (c) for a voted local levy approved or modified in accordance with this section on or
             120      after January 1, 2009, the school district complies with requirements of Subsection (7).
             121          (7) For purposes of Subsection (5)(b) or (6)(c), the proposition submitted to the
             122      electors regarding the adoption or modification of a voted local levy shall contain the following
             123      statement:
             124          "A vote in favor of this tax means that (name of the school district) may increase
             125      revenue from this property tax without advertising the increase for the next five years."
             126          (8) (a) Before imposing a property tax levy pursuant to this section, a school district
             127      shall submit an opinion question to the school district's registered voters voting on the
             128      imposition of the tax rate so that each registered voter has the opportunity to express the
             129      registered voter's opinion on whether the tax rate should be imposed.
             130          (b) The election required by this Subsection (8) shall be held:
             131          (i) at a regular general election conducted in accordance with the procedures and
             132      requirements of Title 20A, Election Code, governing regular elections;
             133          (ii) at a municipal general election conducted in accordance with the procedures and
             134      requirements of Section 20A-1-202 ; or
             135          (iii) at a local special election conducted in accordance with the procedures and
             136      requirements of Section 20A-1-203 .
             137          (c) Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsections (8)(a) and (b), beginning on or
             138      after January 1, 2012, a school district may levy a tax rate in accordance with this section
             139      without complying with the requirements of Subsections (8)(a) and (b) if the school district
             140      imposed a tax in accordance with this section at any time during the taxable year beginning on
             141      January 1, 2011, and ending on December 31, 2011.


             142          (9) If a school district determines that a majority of the school district's registered
             143      voters voting on the imposition of the tax rate have voted in favor of the imposition of the tax
             144      rate in accordance with Subsection (8), the school district may impose the tax rate.
             145          Section 2. Section 53A-17a-164 is amended to read:
             146           53A-17a-164. Board local levy -- State guarantee.
             147          (1) Subject to the other requirements of this section, for a calendar year beginning on
             148      or after January 1, 2012, a local school board may levy a tax to fund the school district's
             149      general fund.
             150          (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a tax rate imposed by a school district
             151      pursuant to this section may not exceed .0018 per dollar of taxable value in any calendar year.
             152          (b) A tax rate imposed by a school district pursuant to this section may not exceed
             153      .0025 per dollar of taxable value in any calendar year if, during the calendar year beginning on
             154      January 1, 2011, the school district's combined tax rate for the following levies was greater
             155      than .0018 per dollar of taxable value:
             156          (i) a recreation levy imposed under Section 11-2-7 ;
             157          (ii) a transportation levy imposed under Section 53A-17a-127 ;
             158          (iii) a board-authorized levy imposed under Section 53A-17a-134 ;
             159          (iv) an impact aid levy imposed under Section 53A-17a-143 ;
             160          (v) the portion of a 10% of basic levy imposed under Section 53A-17a-145 that is
             161      budgeted for purposes other than capital outlay or debt service;
             162          (vi) a reading levy imposed under Section 53A-17a-151 ; and
             163          (vii) a tort liability levy imposed under Section 63G-1-704 .
             164          (3) (a) In addition to the revenue a school district collects from the imposition of a levy
             165      pursuant to this section, the state shall contribute an amount sufficient to guarantee that each
             166      .0001 of the first .0004 per dollar of taxable value generates an amount equal to [.010544]
             167      .00963 times the value of the prior year's weighted pupil unit.
             168          (b) (i) The amount of state guarantee money to which a school district would otherwise
             169      be entitled to under this Subsection (3) may not be reduced for the sole reason that the district's


             170      levy is reduced as a consequence of changes in the certified tax rate under Section 59-2-924
             171      pursuant to changes in property valuation.
             172          (ii) Subsection (3)(b)(i) applies for a period of five years following any changes in the
             173      certified tax rate.
             174          (4) A school district that imposes a board local levy in the calendar year beginning on
             175      January 1, 2012, is exempt from the public notice and hearing requirements of Section
             176      59-2-919 if the school district budgets an amount of ad valorem property tax revenue equal to
             177      or less than the sum of the following amounts:
             178          (a) the amount of revenue generated during the calendar year beginning on January 1,
             179      2011, from the sum of the following levies of a school district:
             180          (i) a recreation levy imposed under Section 11-2-7 ;
             181          (ii) a transportation levy imposed under Section 53A-17a-127 ;
             182          (iii) a board-authorized levy imposed under Section 53A-17a-134 ;
             183          (iv) an impact aid levy imposed under Section 53A-17a-143 ;
             184          (v) the portion of a 10% of basic levy imposed under Section 53A-17a-145 that is
             185      budgeted for purposes other than capital outlay or debt service;
             186          (vi) a reading levy imposed under Section 53A-17a-151 ; and
             187          (vii) a tort liability levy imposed under Section 63G-1-704 ; and
             188          (b) revenue from new growth as defined in Subsection 59-2-924 (4)(c).
             189          Section 3. Repealer.
             190          This bill repeals:
             191          Section 53A-1-408, Appropriations reallocation.
             192          Section 4. One-time appropriation for classroom supplies.
             193          (1) As used in this section, "classroom teacher" or "teacher" means permanent teacher
             194      positions filled by one teacher or two or more job-sharing teachers:
             195          (a) who are licensed personnel;
             196          (b) who are paid on the teacher's salary schedule;
             197          (c) who are hired for an entire contract period; and


             198          (d) whose primary function is to provide instructional or a combination of instructional
             199      and counseling services to students in public schools.
             200          (2) (a) The State Board of Education shall distribute money appropriated for Teacher
             201      Supplies and Materials to classroom teachers in school districts, the Utah Schools for the Deaf
             202      and the Blind, and charter schools on the basis of the number of classroom teachers in each
             203      school as compared to the total number of classroom teachers.
             204          (b) Teachers shall receive up to the following amounts:
             205          (i) a teacher on salary schedule steps one through three teaching in grades kindergarten
             206      through 6 or preschool handicapped - $250;
             207          (ii) a teacher on salary schedule steps one through three teaching in grades 7 through
             208      12 - $200;
             209          (iii) a teacher on salary schedule step four or higher teaching in grades kindergarten
             210      through 6 or preschool handicapped - $175; and
             211          (iv) a teacher on salary schedule step four or higher teaching in grades 7 through 12 -
             212      $150.
             213          (c) If the appropriation is not sufficient to provide to each teacher the full amount
             214      allowed under Subsection (2)(b), teachers on salary schedule steps one through three shall
             215      receive the full amount allowed with the remaining money apportioned to all other teachers.
             216          (3) Teachers shall spend money appropriated for classroom supplies and materials for
             217      school supplies, materials, or field trips under rules adopted by the State Board of Education.
             218          Section 5. Appropriation for state education agencies and programs that support
             219      school districts and charter schools -- Value of the weighted pupil unit.
             220          (1) Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act,
             221      for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, the following sums of
             222      money are appropriated from resources not otherwise appropriated, or reduced from amounts
             223      previously appropriated, out of the funds or accounts indicated. These sums of money are in
             224      addition to any amounts previously appropriated for fiscal year 2014.
             225          (2) The value of each weighted pupil unit (WPU) for fiscal year 2013-14 is increased


             226      from the value of the WPU for fiscal year 2013-14 established in S.B. 1, Public Education Base
             227      Budget, and set at:
             228          (a) $2,659 for:
             229          (i) Special Education - Add-on; and
             230          (ii) Career and Technical Education District Add-on; and
             231          (b) $2,899 for all other Basic School programs.
             232      Basic School Program
             233      Item 1 To Basic School Program
             234          From Uniform School Fund
$5,000,000

             235          From Education Fund
$91,262,000

             236          From Local Revenue
$5,070,100

             237          Schedule of Programs:
             238              Kindergarten (1,010 WPUs)                $4,467,500
             239              Grades 1 - 12 (11,212 WPUs)            $62,977,300
             240              Necessarily Existent Small Schools            $496,000
             241              Professional Staff (3,901 WPUs)            $14,082,800
             242              Administrative Costs (-60 WPUs)            ($85,000)
             243              Special Education - Add-on (2,196 WPUs)        $9,401,500
             244              Special Education - Preschool (209 WPUs)        $1,140,600
             245              Special Education - Self-contained (-201 WPUs)    $238,700
             246              Special Education - Extended School Year        $41,200
             247                  (6 WPUs)
             248              Special Education - State Programs (102 WPUs)    $453,500
             249              Career and Technical Education            $3,754,700
             250                  District Add-on (856 WPUs)
             251              Class Size Reduction (767 WPUs)            $4,363,300
             252      Related to Basic Programs
             253      Item 2 To Related to Basic Programs - Related to Basic School Programs


             254          From Education Fund
$24,317,200

             255          From Education Fund, One-time
$15,600,000

             256          From Interest and Dividends Account
$6,110,000

             257          Schedule of Programs:
             258              To and From School - Pupil Transportation    $3,401,700
             259              Enhancement for At-Risk Students        $952,000
             260              Youth in Custody                $777,600
             261              Enhancement for Accelerated Students    $168,800
             262              Adult Education                $382,000
             263              Concurrent Enrollment            $362,100
             264              School LAND Trust Program        $6,110,000
             265              Charter School Local Replacement        $6,886,100
             266              Charter School Administration        $550,600
             267              Educator Salary Adjustments            $2,296,300
             268              Critical Languages and Dual Immersion    $1,040,000
             269              Teacher Supplies and Materials        $5,000,000
             270              Beverley Taylor Sorenson Elementary Arts    $4,000,000
             271              Early Intervention                $7,500,000
             272              Statewide Computer Adaptive Testing    $6,600,000
             273                  Infrastructure Grants
             274          The Legislature intends that the State Board of Education allocate $3,200,000 from the
             275      appropriation for "To and From School - Pupil Transportation" to support pupil transportation
             276      costs at the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
             277          The Legislature intends that the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, in working
             278      with the public education fiscal analyst, study its pupil transportation contract and report to the
             279      Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee before the November 2013 Interim meeting on
             280      whether the most cost effective method of transportation is being used.
             281          The Legislature intends that the enrollment in charter schools in the 2014-15 school


             282      year may increase up to 7,650 students over the projected enrollment of 56,927 in the 2013-14
             283      school year.
             284          The Legislature intends that the appropriation for the "Flexible Allocation - WPU
             285      Distribution" program be distributed to school districts and charter schools on the basis of the
             286      number of weighted pupil units in a school district or charter school compared to the total
             287      number of weighted pupil units and that the State Board of Education provide for the reporting
             288      of school districts and charter schools expenditures of the program money.
             289      Voted and Board Leeway Programs
             290      Item 3 To Voted and Board Leeway Programs - Voted and Board Local Levy Programs
             291          From Education Fund
$4,870,000

             292          From Local Revenue
$4,603,400

             293          Schedule of Programs:
             294              Voted Local Levy Program            $998,900
             295              Board Local Levy Program            $8,474,500
             296      State Board of Education
             297      Item 4 To State Board of Education - State Office of Education
             298          From Education Fund
($37,700)

             299          From Education Fund, One-time
$1,200,000

             300          From Federal Funds
($200)

             301          From General Fund Restricted - Mineral Lease
($100)

             302          From General Fund Restricted - Land Exchange Distribution Account
$12,700

             303          Schedule of Programs:
             304              Board and Administration            $174,700
             305              Teaching and Learning            $1,000,000
             306      Item 5 To State Board of Education - Utah State Office of Education - Initiative Programs
             307          From Education Fund
$2,500,000

             308          Schedule of Programs:
             309              Contracts and Grants                $2,500,000


             310          The Legislature intends that the Utah State Office of Education develop quantifiable
             311      performance measures associated with the programs contained in the "Utah State Office of
             312      Education - Initiative Programs" line item that directly tie the achievements of the various
             313      programs to the incurred costs, and report its findings to the Public Education Appropriations
             314      Subcommittee by the November 2013 Interim meeting.
             315      Item 6 To State Board of Education - Charter School Finance Authority
             316          From Education Fund Restricted - Charter School Reserve Account
$50,000

             317          Schedule of Programs:
             318              Charter School Finance Authority        $50,000
             319      Item 7 To State Board of Education - State Charter School Board
             320          The Legislature intends that the Charter School Board develop quantifiable
             321      performance measures associated with the activities of the State Charter School Board that
             322      directly tie the achievements of the various programs to the incurred costs, and report its
             323      findings to the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee before the November 2013
             324      Interim meeting.
             325      Item 8 To State Board of Education - Educator Licensing Professional Practices
             326          From Dedicated Credits Revenue
($200)

             327          From Professional Practices Restricted Subfund
($439,300)

             328          From Lapsing Balance
$203,800

             329          Schedule of Programs:
             330              Educator Licensing                ($235,700)
             331      Item 9 To State Board of Education - State Office of Education - Child Nutrition
             332          From Federal Funds
$100

             333          Schedule of Programs:
             334              Child Nutrition                $100
             335          The Legislature intends that the Utah State Office of Education develop quantifiable
             336      performance measures associated with the activities of the "Child Nutrition" line item that
             337      directly tie the achievements of the various programs to the incurred costs, and report its


             338      findings to the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee before the November 2013
             339      Interim meeting.
             340      Item 10 To State Board of Education - Fine Arts Outreach
             341          From Education Fund
$250,000

             342          Schedule of Programs:
             343              Professional Outreach Programs        $245,900
             344              Subsidy Program                $4,100
             345      Item 11 To State Board of Education - State Office of Education - Educational Contracts
             346          The Legislature intends that the Utah State Office of Education address the notional
             347      cost differentials per inmate for educational programs at the state prisons in comparison with
             348      county jails and assess whether any potential savings exist, and report its findings to the Public
             349      Education Appropriations Subcommittee before the November 2013 Interim meeting.
             350      Item 12 To State Board of Education - Science Outreach
             351          From Education Fund
$475,000

             352          Schedule of Programs:
             353              Informal Science Education Enhancement    $250,000
             354              Requests for Proposals            $225,000
             355      Item 13 To State Board of Education - Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
             356          From Education Fund
($690,900)

             357          Schedule of Programs:
             358              Instructional Services                ($43,000)
             359              Support Services                ($647,900)
             360          The Legislature intends that the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind develop
             361      quantifiable performance measures associated with the programs within the "Utah Schools for
             362      the Deaf and the Blind" line item that directly tie the achievements of the various programs to
             363      the incurred costs, and report its findings to the Public Education Appropriations
             364      Subcommittee before the November 2013 Interim meeting.
             365      State Board of Education


             366      Item 14 To State Board of Education - Indirect Cost Pool
             367          From Dedicated Credits - Intragovernmental Revenue
$4,302,100

             368          From Beginning Nonlapsing Appropriation Balances
($188,200)

             369          From Closing Nonlapsing Appropriation Balances
$188,200

             370          Schedule of Programs:
             371              Superintendent Indirect Cost Pool        $4,302,100
             372          Section 6. Effective date.
             373          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2013.


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