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State System of Public Education | |
Minimum School Program Act | |
Section 150 | K-3 Reading Improvement Program. |
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53A-17a-150 (Superseded 07/01/12). K-3 Reading Improvement Program. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Program" means the K-3 Reading Improvement Program. (b) "Program money" means: (i) school district revenue from the levy authorized under Section 53A-17a-151; (ii) school district revenue allocated to the program from other money available to the school district, except money provided by the state, for the purpose of receiving state funds under this section; and (iii) money appropriated by the Legislature to the program. (2) The K-3 Reading Improvement Program consists of program money and is created to supplement other school resources to achieve the state's goal of having third graders reading at or above grade level. (3) Subject to future budget constraints, the Legislature may annually appropriate money to the K-3 Reading Improvement Program. (4) (a) To receive program money, a school district or charter school must submit a plan to the State Board of Education for reading proficiency improvement that incorporates the following components: (i) assessment; (ii) intervention strategies; (iii) professional development for classroom teachers in kindergarten through grade three; (iv) reading performance standards; and (v) specific measurable goals that include the following: (A) a goal for each school within a school district and each charter school based upon student learning gains as measured by benchmark assessments administered pursuant to Section 53A-1-606.6; and (B) a goal for each school district and charter school to increase the percentage of third grade students who read on grade level as measured by the third grade reading test administered pursuant to Section 53A-1-603. (b) The State Board of Education shall provide model plans which a school district or charter school may use, or the school district or charter school may develop its own plan. (c) Plans developed by a school district or charter school shall be approved by the State Board of Education. (5) (a) There is created within the K-3 Reading Achievement Program three funding programs: (i) the Base Level Program; (ii) the Guarantee Program; and (iii) the Low Income Students Program. (b) The State Board of Education may use no more than $7,500,000 from an appropriation described in Subsection (3) for computer-assisted instructional learning and assessment programs. (6) Money appropriated to the State Board of Education for the K-3 Reading Improvement Program and not used by the State Board of Education for computer-assisted instructional learning and assessments as described in Subsection (5)(b), shall be allocated to the three funding programs as follows: (a) 8% to the Base Level Program; (b) 46% to the Guarantee Program; and (c) 46% to the Low Income Students Program. (7) (a) To participate in the Base Level Program, a school district or charter school shall submit a reading proficiency improvement plan to the State Board of Education as provided in Subsection (4) and must receive approval of the plan from the State Board of Education. (b) (i) Each school district qualifying for Base Level Program funds and the qualifying elementary charter schools combined shall receive a base amount. (ii) The base amount for the qualifying elementary charter schools combined shall be allocated among each school in an amount proportionate to: (A) each existing charter school's prior year fall enrollment in grades kindergarten through grade three; and (B) each new charter school's estimated fall enrollment in grades kindergarten through grade three. (8) (a) A school district that applies for program money in excess of the Base Level Program funds shall choose to first participate in either the Guarantee Program or the Low Income Students Program. (b) A school district must fully participate in either the Guarantee Program or the Low Income Students Program before it may elect to either fully or partially participate in the other program. (c) To fully participate in the Guarantee Program, a school district shall: (i) levy a tax rate of .000056 under Section 53A-17a-151; (ii) allocate to the program other money available to the school district, except money provided by the state, equal to the amount of revenue that would be generated by a tax rate of .000056; or (iii) levy a tax under Section 53A-17a-151 and allocate to the program other money available to the school district, except money provided by the state, so that the total revenue from the combined revenue sources equals the amount of revenue that would be generated by a tax rate of .000056. (d) To fully participate in the Low Income Students Program, a school district shall: (i) levy a tax rate of .000065 under Section 53A-17a-151; (ii) allocate to the program other money available to the school district, except money provided by the state, equal to the amount of revenue that would be generated by a tax rate of .000065; or (iii) levy a tax under Section 53A-17a-151 and allocate to the program other money available to the school district, except money provided by the state, so that the total revenue from the combined revenue sources equals the amount of revenue that would be generated by a tax rate of .000065. (9) (a) Except as provided in (9)(c), a school district that fully participates in the Guarantee Program shall receive state funds in an amount that is: (i) equal to the difference between $21 times the district's total WPUs and the revenue the school district is required to generate or allocate under Subsection (8)(c) to fully participate in the Guarantee Program; and (ii) not less than $0. (b) Except as provided in (9)(c), an elementary charter school shall receive under the
Guarantee Program an amount equal to $21 times the school's total WPUs.
any levy imposed under Section 53A-17a-151 and may not receive money appropriated by the
Legislature for the K-3 Reading Improvement Program.
Amended by Chapter 342, 2011 General Session |
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