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 |
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  | 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 |
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  | 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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