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<leg xml:space="preserve" billnum="HB0497" sponsor="John Arthur" designation="HB" otherSponsor="" otherHouse="Senate" sess="2026GS" fileno="2026FL1407" date="2/5/2026 08:02:287" printDate="02-05 08:20" subVer="0" minVer="0" office="LEGISLATIVE GENERAL COUNSEL" actionDate="" impact="code"><info><nextbuid>6</nextbuid><aminfo anum="0" effdate="07/01/2026"><seclist><sect action="A" src="code" buid="2" uid="C53F-9-S201.1_2026070120260701" fromuid="C53F-9-S201.1_2022050420220701" sort="53F09 02010120260701" mtype="section" effdate="07/01/2026" libenddate="07/01/2030" endtype="PS">53F-9-201.1</sect><sect src="uncod" untype="effdate" buid="5" uid="EF0000" sort="UZEFF" mtype="uncod" effdate="05/06/2026"/></seclist></aminfo></info><tbox><sinfo><nextpairid>0</nextpairid></sinfo><st numlevel="1" lineno="1" slineno="0-1">Public Education Funding Amendments</st><sessionhead>2026 GENERAL SESSION</sessionhead><statehead>STATE OF UTAH</statehead><sponsorhead>Chief Sponsor: John Arthur</sponsorhead><otherSponsorhead>Senate Sponsor: </otherSponsorhead></tbox><lt numlevel="1" lineno="2" slineno="0-2"><lthead lineno="3">LONG TITLE</lthead><gdhead lineno="4">General Description:</gdhead><gd numlevel="1" lineno="5" slineno="0-5">This bill provides additional funding for the Minimum School Program in certain fiscal <ln numlevel="1" lineno="6" slineno="0-6"/>years with enrollment decline.</gd><hphead lineno="7">Highlighted Provisions:</hphead><hp numlevel="1" lineno="8" slineno="0-8">This bill:<hl numlevel="1" lineno="9" slineno="0-9" level="1">provides additional funding for the Minimum School Program in certain fiscal years with <ln numlevel="1" lineno="10" slineno="0-10"/>enrollment decline; and</hl><hl numlevel="1" lineno="11" slineno="0-11" level="1">makes technical changes.</hl></hp><moni numlevel="1" lineno="12" slineno="0-12" display="none">Money Appropriated in this Bill:</moni><moniNone lineno="13">None</moniNone><oc numlevel="1" lineno="14" slineno="0-14">Other Special Clauses:<ocl type="effdate" sort="2" numlevel="1" lineno="15" slineno="0-15">This bill provides a special effective date.</ocl></oc><sa numlevel="1" lineno="16" slineno="0-16">Utah Code Sections Affected:<saamd numlevel="1" lineno="17" slineno="0-17"><snhead>AMENDS:</snhead><sn num="53F-9-201.1" src="code" uid="C53F-9-S201.1_2026070120260701" buid="2" sort="53F09 02010120260701" numlevel="1" lineno="18" slineno="0-18"><bold>53F-9-201.1</bold>, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 456</sn></saamd></sa></lt><enacthead lineno="19"/><enact numlevel="1" lineno="20" slineno="0-20">Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:</enact><bdy><bsec buid="2" num="53F-9-201.1" type="amend" src="code" uid="C53F-9-S201.1_2026070120260701" sort="53F09 02010120260701" numlevel="1" lineno="21" slineno="1-1" sn="1"><section number="53F-9-201.1" numlevel="1" lineno="22" slineno="1-2" type="amend"><secline lineno="21">Section 1. Section <bold>53F-9-201.1</bold> is amended to read:</secline><catline lineno="22"><bold>53F-9-201.1<parens/>. Appropriations to the Minimum School Program from the Uniform <ln numlevel="1" lineno="23" slineno="1-3"/>School Fund.</bold></catline><subsection ssid="2-null-1" dnum="1-o" numlevel="1" lineno="24" slineno="1-4" level="1" placement="noreturn"><display>(1)</display>As used in this section:<subsection ssid="2-null-2" dnum="a-o" numlevel="1" lineno="25" slineno="1-5" level="2"><display>(a)</display>"Base budget" means the same as that term is defined in legislative rule.</subsection><subsection ssid="2-null-3" dnum="b-o" numlevel="1" lineno="26" slineno="1-6" level="2"><display>(b)</display>"Enrollment growth and inflation estimates" means the cost estimates regarding <ln numlevel="1" lineno="27" slineno="1-7"/>enrollment growth and inflation described in Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="53F-2-208" start="0">53F-2-208</xref>.</subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="2-null-4" dnum="2-o" numlevel="1" lineno="28" slineno="1-8" level="1"><display>(2)</display>Except as provided in Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="53F-9-204(3)" start="0">53F-9-204(3)</xref>, for a fiscal year beginning on or after <ln numlevel="1" lineno="29" slineno="1-9"/>July 1, 2021, when preparing the Public Education Base Budget, the Office of the <ln numlevel="1" lineno="30" slineno="1-10"/>Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall include appropriations to the Minimum School Program <ln numlevel="1" lineno="31" slineno="1-11"/>from the Uniform School Fund, and, subject to Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="53F-9-204(3)" start="0">53F-9-204(3)</xref>, the Public <ln numlevel="1" lineno="32" slineno="1-12"/>Education Economic Stabilization Restricted Account, in an amount that is greater than <ln numlevel="1" lineno="33" slineno="1-13"/>or equal to the sum of:<subsection ssid="2-null-5" dnum="a-o" numlevel="1" lineno="34" slineno="1-14" level="2"><display>(a)</display>the ongoing Income Tax Fund and Uniform School Fund appropriations to the <ln numlevel="1" lineno="35" slineno="1-15"/>Minimum School Program in the current fiscal year; and</subsection><subsection ssid="2-null-6" dnum="b-o" numlevel="1" lineno="36" slineno="1-16" level="2"><display>(b)</display>subject to Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="53F-9-204(3)(b)" start="0">53F-9-204(3)(b)</xref><amendoutstart style="2"/><amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="23" groupid="19" style="2" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" deltag="both">, </amend><amendoutend style="2"/><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="6" groupid="5" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="both" space="true">:</amend><subsection ssid="2-8" dnum="_-o:i-i" numlevel="1" lineno="37" slineno="1-17" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="3"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1006" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="both">(i)</amend></display>enrollment growth and inflation estimates<amendoutstart style="2"/><amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="18" groupid="16" style="2" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" deltag="both">.</amend><amendoutend style="2"/><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="16" groupid="14" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="both" space="true">; and</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="2-10" dnum="_-o:ii-i" numlevel="1" lineno="38" slineno="1-18" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="3"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1007" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(ii)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="19" groupid="17" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">for a fiscal year in which enrollment declines, to increase the value of the <ln numlevel="1" lineno="39" slineno="1-19"/>weighted pupil unit, as defined in Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="53F-2-102">53F-2-102</xref>, an amount equal to a <ln numlevel="1" lineno="40" slineno="1-20"/>projected reduction in appropriations to the Minimum School Program from the <ln numlevel="1" lineno="41" slineno="1-21"/>Uniform School Fund for the given fiscal year related to a decline in student <ln numlevel="1" lineno="42" slineno="1-22"/>enrollment that the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst recommends to the <ln numlevel="1" lineno="43" slineno="1-23"/>Executive Appropriations Committee, in consultation with the state board and the <ln numlevel="1" lineno="44" slineno="1-24"/>Governor's Office of Planning and Budget.</amend></subsection></subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="2-null-7" dnum="3-o" numlevel="1" lineno="45" slineno="1-25" level="1"><display>(3)</display>The total annual amount deposited into the Uniform School Fund, including the deposits <ln numlevel="1" lineno="46" slineno="1-26"/>through the distributions described in Sections <xref depth="3" refnumber="59-7-532" start="0">59-7-532</xref> and <xref depth="3" refnumber="59-10-544" start="0">59-10-544</xref>, for a given <ln numlevel="1" lineno="47" slineno="1-27"/>fiscal year may not exceed the amount appropriated from the Uniform School Fund for <ln numlevel="1" lineno="48" slineno="1-28"/>that fiscal year.</subsection></section></bsec><bsec buid="5" type="uncod" untype="effdate" src="uncod" uid="EF0000" sort="UZEFF" langlock="true" numlevel="1" lineno="49" slineno="2-1" sn="2"><section type="uncod" untype="effdate" display="false" src="uncod"><secline lineno="49">Section 2.  <bold>Effective Date.</bold></secline><sectionText lineno="50"><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1" groupid="1" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="both">This bill takes effect on <effdate uid="code" date="7/1/2026">July 1, 2026</effdate>.</amend></sectionText></section></bsec></bdy><foot><rev><tm>2-5-26 8:20 AM</tm></rev></foot></leg>