Senator Aaron Osmond
proposes the following amendments:
1. Page
9, Lines 264 through 269
:
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(4) The board may use up to:
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(a) 2% of the total appropriation under this part to administer and monitor the program;
and
266
(b)
{
$250,000
}
$500,000
per year of the total appropriation under this part to
:
(i)
contract with an
267
evaluator as required under Subsection
53A-1a-1107
(3); and
268
{
(c) $250,000 per year of the total appropriation under this part to
}
(ii)
select or develop a
269
school readiness assessment as required under Subsection
53A-1a-1104
(3)(c).
2. Page
11, Line 323 through Page 12, Line 338
:
323
addition to any amounts previously appropriated for fiscal year 2015.
To State Board of Education - Utah State Office of Education - Initiative Programs
324
From Education Fund
$6,000,000
325
Schedule of Programs:
326
Contracts and Grants$6,000,000
327
The Legislature intends that:
328
(1)
{
$5,375,000
}
$5,625,000
of the appropriation under this section is to be used to carry out
the
329
requirements of Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 11, High Quality Preschool Pilot Program;
330
(2) $375,000 of the appropriation under this section is to be used to provide one-time
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grants to eligible LEAs for computer labs, hardware, and early childhood related software as
332
described in Subsection
53A-1a-1104
(9);
and
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{(3) up to $500,000 of the appropriation under this section may be used to:
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(a) contract with an evaluator as required under Subsection
53A-1a-1107
(3); and
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(b) select or develop a school readiness assessment as required under Subsection
336
53A-1a-1104
(3)(c);
}
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{(4)
}
(3)
the appropriation under this section is:
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(a) ongoing, subject to availability of funds;
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