Compendium of Budget Information for the 2009 General Session

Public Education
Appropriations Subcommittee
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Agency: School Building Program

Function

The School Building Program contains three components: the Capital Outlay Foundation Program, the Capital Outlay Enrollment Growth Program, and the School Building Revolving Account.

Statutory Authority

Statutes governing the School Building Program may be found in UCA 53A-21-101 to 53A-21-105. The following bullets highlight the key statutory provisions.

  • UCA 53A-21-102 - establishes the Capital Outlay Foundation Program, the Enrollment Growth Program and the Capital Outlay Loan Program. Statute also limits the use of state revenues solely for school district capital outlay and debt service purposes.

  • UCA 53A-21-103 - details the qualifications for school district participation in the Capital Outlay Foundation Program which includes levying a tax to support capital outlay and debt service expenditures of a school district. This statute provides rule making authority to the State Board of Education to distribute program funds and develop a distribution formula.

  • UCA 53A-21-103.5 - details the qualifications for school district participation in the enrollment growth program. The statute also details a formula to distribute appropriated revenues.

  • UCA 53A-21-104 - provides statutory provisions governing the School Building Revolving Account and details the qualifications for districts to meet in order to benefit from the program. School districts must contract with the State Superintendent to repay monies received from the account and levy a tax sufficient to guarantee annual loan repayments. The statute also establishes the Charter School Building Subaccount.

  • UCA 53A-21-104 - provides statutory provisions governing the School Building Revolving Account and details the qualifications for districts to meet in order to benefit from the program. School districts must contract with the State Superintendent to repay monies received from the account and levy a tax sufficient to guarantee annual loan repayments. The statute also establishes the Charter School Building Subaccount.

Administrative Rule R277-451 was passed by the State Board of Education. The rule provides administrative procedures associated with the governance of the School Building Program.

Funding Detail

In FY 2008, the Legislature appropriated a total of $77,288,900. This includes an ongoing appropriation to the Capital Outlay Foundation Program of $24,358,000 and a one-time appropriation of $15,000,000. The Enrollment Growth Program received an ongoing appropriation of $2,930,900 and a one-time appropriation of $35,000,000. In FY 2009, the ongoing appropriations for both programs listed above remained the same. The Legislature appropriated an additional $15 million in one-time funding, equally divided between the two programs.

Sources of Finance
2005
Actual
2006
Actual
2007
Actual
2008
Actual
2009
Approp
Uniform School Fund $27,288,900 $27,288,900 $27,288,900 $27,288,900 $26,470,200
Uniform School Fund, One-time $0 $5,000,000 $10,000,000 $50,000,000 $15,818,700
Total
$27,288,900
$32,288,900
$37,288,900
$77,288,900
$42,288,900
 
Line Items
2005
Actual
2006
Actual
2007
Actual
2008
Actual
2009
Approp
School Building Program $27,288,900 $32,288,900 $37,288,900 $77,288,900 $42,288,900
Total
$27,288,900
$32,288,900
$37,288,900
$77,288,900
$42,288,900
 
Categories of Expenditure
2005
Actual
2006
Actual
2007
Actual
2008
Actual
2009
Approp
Other Charges/Pass Thru $27,288,900 $32,288,900 $37,288,900 $77,288,900 $42,288,900
Total
$27,288,900
$32,288,900
$37,288,900
$77,288,900
$42,288,900
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