State System of Public Education
Minimum School Program Act
Section 151
Board leeway for reading improvement.
     53A-17a-151.   Board leeway for reading improvement.
     (1) Except as provided in Subsection (4), a local school board may levy a tax rate of up to .000121 per dollar of taxable value for funding the school district's K-3 Reading Improvement Program created under Section 53A-17a-150.
     (2) The levy authorized under this section:
     (a) is in addition to any other levy or maximum rate;
     (b) does not require voter approval; and
     (c) may be modified or terminated by a majority vote of the board.
     (3) A local school board shall establish its board-approved levy under this section by June 1 to have the levy apply to the fiscal year beginning July 1 in that same calendar year.
     (4) Beginning January 1, 2012, a local school board may not levy a tax in accordance with this section.

Amended by Chapter 371, 2011 General Session
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