S.B. 171
         STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING PILOT PROGRAM

House Floor Amendments

Amendment 1 March 13, 2014 10:01 PM



Representative Gregory H. Hughes proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 2, Lines 30 through 32 :    

             30          
{   This bill appropriates in fiscal year 2015:

             31          .    to the State Board of Education as an ongoing appropriation:
             32              .    from the Education Fund, $275,000.  
}
  None      


2.    Page 2, Line 34 :    

             34              
{   This bill provides an effective date.   }        None      


3.    Page 8, Lines 221 through 222 :    

             221          (2) The State Board of Education shall:
 

    (a) solicit schools to participate in the pilot program and make a recommendation to the Public Education Appropriations Committee for funding pilot program schools beginning in the 2015-16 school year;  

             222          
{   (a)   }        (b)       select schools to participate in the pilot program based on a competitive application


4.    Page 8, Lines 224 through 228 :    

             224          
{   (b)   }        (c)       make the application forms and procedures available to school districts and charter

             225      schools on or before September 1,
{   2014   }        2015       ;

             226          
{   (c)   }        (d)       select up to 10 pilot schools and award grants as provided in Section 53A-1-1404

             227      on or before December 31,
{   2014   }        2015       ; and

             228          
{   (d)   }        (e)       make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative


5.    Page 8, Lines 237 through 238 :    

             237          (b) The board shall select a consultant as specified in Subsection (1)(a) no later than
             238      June 30,
{   2014   }        2015       .


6.    Page 9, Lines 247 through 249 :    

             247          (3)
{   Of the $275,000 appropriated to the State Board of Education in fiscal year 2015

             248      for the Student-Centered Learning Pilot Program, the  
}
  The       board may      {   use up to $75,000 to   } contract

             249      with the consultant to:



7.    Page 9, Lines 257 through 258 :    

             257          (4) The board
{   shall use the remaining money appropriated for the pilot program after

             258      the contract expenses described in Subsection (3) to  
}
  may       make grants, by January      {   2015   }        2016       , to school


8.    Page 10, Line 301 :    

             301          (i) begin operating as a pilot school no later than the
{   2016-17   }        2017-18       school year; and


9.    Page 11, Lines 334 through 336 :    

             334          (1) In the
{   2015   }        2016       General Session, the board shall submit recommendations to the

             335      Legislature for funding the implementation of the pilot program in the selected pilot schools,
             336      including the cost of:

10.    Page 14, Lines 408 through 423 :    

             408          
{   Section 14. Appropriation.

             409          Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act, for
             410      the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following sums of money
             411      are appropriated from resources not otherwise appropriated, or reduced from amounts
             412      previously appropriated, out of the funds or accounts indicated. These sums of money are in
             413      addition to any amounts previously appropriated for fiscal year 2015.
             414          To State Board of Education - USOE Initiatives
             415              From Education Fund
$275,000

             416              Schedule of Programs:
             417                  USOE Initiatives - Contracts and Grants        $275,000
             418          The Legislature intends that the appropriation provided in this section be used for the
             419      Student-Centered Learning Pilot Program created in Title 53A, Chapter 15, Part 14,
             420      Student-Centered Learning Pilot Program.
             421          Section 15. Effective date.
             422          (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), this bill takes effect on May 13, 2014.
             423          (2) Uncodified Section 14, Appropriation, takes effect on July 1, 2014.  
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