{
"bill":"HB0215",
"version":"HB0215S03",
"shorttitle":"Funding for Teacher Salaries and Optional Education Opportunities",
"sponsor":"PIERUC",
"floorsponsor":"CULLIKA",
"generalprovisions":"This bill establishes the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program and provides funding for the program and a doubling of an educator salary adjustment.",
"hilightedprovisions":"This bill:<hr><ltbullet>defines terms;<hr><ltbullet>amends provisions to codify and double the amount of the state-provided educator salary adjustment;<hr><ltbullet>establishes the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program (program);<hr><ltbullet>requires the state board to contract with, no later than September 1, 2023, a program manager to administer the program;<hr><ltbullet>authorizes the program manager to establish scholarship accounts on behalf of eligible students to pay for approved education goods and services starting in the 2024-2025 school year;<hr><ltbullet>prohibits a program manager from accepting scholarship funds in certain circumstances and requires other fiscal safeguards, auditing, and accountability measures;<hr><ltbullet>requires eligible schools and service providers to meet certain standards to be eligible to receive scholarship funds;<hr><ltbullet>establishes an annual and private portfolio submission to the program manager as an eligibility qualification;<hr><ltbullet>allows for a scholarship student to receive a prorated scholarship award if the student participates part-time in a local education agency;<hr><ltbullet>authorizes the program manager to administer the program and distribute scholarship funds;<hr><ltbullet>requires the state board to provide limited oversight of the program manager, including an appeal process for the program manager's administrative decisions;<hr><ltbullet>prohibits certain regulations of eligible schools and eligible service providers;<hr><ltbullet>requires background checks for employees and officers of a program manager;<hr><ltbullet>enacts program funding provisions;<hr><ltbullet>requires a program manager and the State Board of Education (state board) to submit reports on the program to the Education Interim Committee;<hr><ltbullet>classifies scholarship students' and scholarship account information as protected records; and<hr><ltbullet>makes technical and conforming changes.",
"monies":"This bill appropriates in fiscal year 2024:<hr><ltbullet>to State Board of Education -- Contracted Initiatives and Grants -- Utah Fits All Scholarship Program, as an appropriation:<hr><ltbullet1>from Income Tax Fund, ongoing $42,500,000; and<hr><ltbullet1>from Income Tax Fund, one-time ($41,500,000), leaving $1,000,000 for Fiscal Year 2024.",
"attorney":"Mike Curtis",
"fiscalanalyst":"Ben Leishman",
"lastaction":"Governor Signed",
"lastactionowner":"Lieutenant Governor's office for filing",
"lastactiontime":"2023-01-28T15:08:29.000Z",
"trackingid":"EVSNCWQFPG",
"subjects": [
"Charter Schools"
,"Education"
,"K-12 Education"
,"School Personnel"
,"Education Grant Programs"
,"State School Funding Distribution"
],
"codesections": [
"53E-1-201"
,"53F-2-405"
,"53F-6-101"
,"53F-6-401"
,"53F-6-402"
,"53F-6-403"
,"53F-6-404"
,"53F-6-405"
,"53F-6-406"
,"53F-6-407"
,"53F-6-408"
,"53F-6-409"
,"53F-6-410"
,"53F-6-411"
,"53F-6-412"
,"53F-6-413"
,"53F-6-414"
,"63G-2-305"
],
"actionhistory": [
{"date":"2023-01-16", "action":"Bill Numbered but not Distributed","location":"Legislative Research and General Counsel"}
,{"date":"2023-01-16", "action":"Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed","location":"Legislative Research and General Counsel"}
,{"date":"2023-01-17", "action":"House/ received bill from Legislative Research","location":"Clerk of the House"}
,{"date":"2023-01-17", "action":"House/ 1st reading (Introduced)","location":"House Rules Committee"}
,{"date":"2023-01-18", "action":"House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst","location":"House Rules Committee"}
,{"date":"2023-01-18", "action":"House/ to standing committee","location":"House Education Committee"}
,{"date":"2023-01-19", "action":"House Comm - Substitute Recommendation","location":"House Education Committee"}
,{"date":"2023-01-19", "action":"House Comm - Favorable Recommendation","location":"House Education Committee"}
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,{"date":"2023-01-20", "action":"House/ passed 3rd reading","location":"Senate Secretary"}
,{"date":"2023-01-20", "action":"House/ to Senate","location":"Senate Secretary"}
,{"date":"2023-01-23", "action":"Senate/ received from House","location":"Waiting for Introduction in the Senate"}
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,{"date":"2023-01-23", "action":"Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation","location":"Senate Education Committee"}
,{"date":"2023-01-24", "action":"Senate/ committee report favorable","location":"Senate Education Committee"}
,{"date":"2023-01-24", "action":"Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar","location":"Senate 2nd Reading Calendar"}
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,{"date":"2023-01-25", "action":"Senate/ floor amendment failed","location":"Senate 2nd Reading Calendar"}
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,{"date":"2023-01-26", "action":"Senate/ 3rd reading","location":"Senate 3rd Reading Calendar"}
,{"date":"2023-01-26", "action":"Senate/ circled","location":"Senate 3rd Reading Calendar"}
,{"date":"2023-01-26", "action":"Senate/ uncircled","location":"Senate 3rd Reading Calendar"}
,{"date":"2023-01-26", "action":"Senate/ passed 3rd reading","location":"Senate President"}
,{"date":"2023-01-26", "action":"Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House","location":"House Speaker"}
,{"date":"2023-01-26", "action":"Senate/ to House","location":"House Speaker"}
,{"date":"2023-01-26", "action":"House/ received from Senate","location":"House Speaker"}
,{"date":"2023-01-26", "action":"House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling","location":"Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling"}
,{"date":"2023-01-26", "action":"Bill Received from House for Enrolling","location":"Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling"}
,{"date":"2023-01-26", "action":"Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared","location":"Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling"}
,{"date":"2023-01-27", "action":"Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate","location":"Clerk of the House"}
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,{"date":"2023-01-27", "action":"House/ to Governor","location":"Executive Branch - Governor"}
,{"date":"2023-01-28", "action":"Governor Signed","location":"Lieutenant Governor's office for filing"}
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