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FEES FOR SUPPLEMENTAL HOURS

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2016 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Steve Eliason

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Senate Sponsor: Ann Millner

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7     LONG TITLE
8     Committee Note:
9          The Education Interim Committee recommended this bill.
10     General Description:
11          This bill addresses provisions relating to supplemental hours of instruction.
12     Highlighted Provisions:
13          This bill:
14          ▸     provides a local school board or charter school governing board with the authority
15     to offer supplemental hours of instruction to students enrolled in kindergarten
16     classes; and
17          ▸     enacts provisions relating to fees for supplemental hours of instruction.
18     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
19          None
20     Other Special Clauses:
21          None
22     Utah Code Sections Affected:
23     AMENDS:
24          53A-3-402.7, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1993, Chapter 122
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26     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27          Section 1. Section 53A-3-402.7 is amended to read:
28          53A-3-402.7. Kindergartens -- Establishment -- Funding -- Supplemental hours
29     and associated fees.
30          (1) Kindergartens are an integral part of the state's public education system.
31          (2) (a) [By July 1, 1994, each local board of education] A local school board shall
32     provide kindergarten classes free of charge for kindergarten children residing within the
33     district.
34          [(3)] (b) [Kindergartens] A kindergarten class established under Subsection (2)(a) shall
35     receive state money under [Title 53A,] Chapter 17a, Minimum School Program Act.
36          (3) (a) In addition to a kindergarten class described in Subsection (2), a local school
37     board or charter school governing board may offer supplemental hours of instruction to a
38     student enrolled in a kindergarten class.
39          (b) The supplemental hours described in Subsection (3)(a) are not part of the regular
40     school day.
41          (c) A local school board or charter school governing board that offers the supplemental
42     hours described in Subsection (3)(a):
43          (i) may charge a fee for the supplemental hours, in accordance with Chapter 12, Fees
44     and Textbooks, that does not exceed the actual cost of providing the supplemental hours to a
45     student; and
46          (ii) shall adopt a fee schedule for the supplemental hours, in accordance with Section
47     53A-12-103, that ensures that no student is denied the opportunity to participate in the
48     supplemental hours because of an inability to pay the fee.




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