Compendium of Budget Information for the 2012 General Session

Public Education
Appropriations Subcommittee

Function

Article 10, Section 3 of the Utah Constitution states 'The general control and supervision of the public education system shall be vested in a State Board of Education.' Further, the Constitution reads the "State Board of Education shall appoint a State Superintendent of Public Instruction who shall be the executive officer of the board.' The Board and its appointed Superintendent administer the various operating programs and divisions supporting Utah's public education system.

The State Board adopted "Promises to Keep" as its mission and vision in guiding and overseeing Utah's education system. Specifically, the mission of public education is to "keep its constitutional promise by: ensuring literacy and numeracy for all Utah children; providing high quality instruction for all Utah children; establishing curriculum with high standards and relevance for all Utah children; and, requiring effective assessment to inform high quality instruction and accountability." (Utah State Board of Education "Promises to Keep - The Vision and Mission of Utah Public Education," August 7, 2009)

The Board consists of 15 elected members. The State Board of Regents which governs the State's higher education system appoints two Regents to participate as non-voting members of the State Board of Education. Accordingly, two members of the State Board of Education participate as non-voting members of the State Board of Regents. In addition to these members, representatives of the Coalition of Minorities Advisory Committee, Utah College of Applied Technology, State Charter School Board, and the Utah School Board's Association act as advisories to the Board. The operating budget for the State Board of Education may be found in the State Office of Education line item. The program is titled "State Board of Education - Administration".

Funding Detail

The Education Fund was established during the 2006 General Session of the Legislature. House Bill 294 stated that the 'Education Fund shall receive all revenues from taxes on intangible property or from a tax on income and shall be designated for public and higher education' (H.B. 294, 2006 General Session). The Education Fund and the General Fund are the two major revenue funds supporting state expenditures.

State funds supporting the public education system come primarily from the Education Fund with the Uniform School Fund (USF) contributing to the Basic School Program in the Minimum School Program. The USF is a special revenue fund that 'accounts for all revenues that are required by law to be expended for the public school programs of the state' (UCA 51-5-4).

Historically, the Education Fund and Uniform School Fund have contributed approximately 70 percent of the total revenue that supports the state appropriated public education budget. The other major revenue sources include the Local Property Tax, which contributes approximately 17 percent of the total revenue, and Federal Funds contribute about 10 percent. Other minor revenue sources contribute the remaining three percent to the budget. School districts and charter schools have additional revenues available to them outside the state appropriated budget. For school districts, these additional revenue sources are generated through levying local property taxes.

Three main expenditure categories comprise Utah's public education system. The largest expenditure program in the State budget is the Minimum School Program (MSP). The MSP has total expenditures nearing $3.4 billion and supports the State's school districts and charter schools. In addition to the MSP, which supports school district operations, the Legislature provides funding for the School Building Program. The School Building Program helps support school building construction or renovation in the districts. Finally, the Public Education Agencies represent state-wide programs that support the education and development of students.

Sources of Finance	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Approp
General Fund	$10,900,000	$2,312,500	$2,312,500	$3,211,800	$3,750,000
General Fund, One-time	($8,500,000)	$1,090,600	($600)	$0	$0
Uniform School Fund	$59,146,800	$57,702,700	$55,432,200	$0	$0
Uniform School Fund, One-time	$2,546,000	$6,159,800	$1,059,700	$0	$0
Education Fund	$0	$0	$0	$59,311,800	$62,611,100
Education Fund, One-time	$0	$0	$0	$7,700	$2,153,900
Federal Funds	$339,840,500	$366,796,100	$354,211,800	$478,095,700	$281,626,000
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act	$0	$3,810,000	$31,662,000	$0	$0
Dedicated Credits Revenue	$32,563,100	$33,263,900	$35,433,800	$35,961,300	$29,050,100
Federal Mineral Lease	$3,187,100	$3,458,700	$2,804,000	$3,034,800	$2,881,200
Restricted Revenue	$0	$1,206,600	$0	$799,600	$0
GFR - Land Exchange Distribution Account	$394,000	$277,200	$292,700	$0	$302,400
GFR - Substance Abuse Prevention	$495,900	$0	$490,600	$0	$497,000
EFR - Interest and Dividends Account	$283,300	$0	$409,200	$410,400	$409,400
EFR - Professional Practices	$1,434,800	$1,465,900	$1,460,600	$2,173,100	$2,168,700
Transfers	$5,310,800	$7,388,000	$0	$4,449,557	$5,175,100
Transfers - Health	$0	$0	$1,035,800	$0	$0
Transfers - Interagency	$0	$0	$4,523,500	$0	$0
Transfers - Medicaid	$0	$505,900	$726,500	$1,243,743	$0
Beginning Nonlapsing	$23,864,500	$17,477,300	$16,244,900	$13,328,400	$13,328,400
Closing Nonlapsing	($24,233,100)	($16,269,500)	($13,328,400)	($12,207,600)	($13,328,400)
Lapsing Balance	($405,700)	($379,100)	$0	($596,500)	($207,700)
Total	$446,828,000	$486,266,600	$494,770,800	$589,223,800	$390,417,200

Line Items	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Approp
State Office of Education	$267,047,300	$288,425,400	$290,298,800	$373,199,400	$195,840,600
USOE - Initiative Programs	$0	$0	$7,263,200	$9,593,500	$13,842,500
State Charter School Board	$5,353,700	$5,521,900	$5,026,300	$4,123,000	$5,679,200
Educator Licensing	$1,127,500	$1,116,000	$1,593,500	$1,627,100	$1,964,900
Child Nutrition	$135,609,400	$152,995,600	$152,877,500	$164,272,800	$136,073,000
Fine Arts Outreach	$3,103,600	$3,066,000	$2,703,200	$2,786,800	$3,000,000
Education Contracts	$3,854,800	$3,700,600	$3,082,900	$3,021,100	$3,137,800
Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind	$28,526,900	$28,692,300	$30,317,200	$28,858,200	$28,879,200
Science Outreach	$1,687,400	$1,998,100	$1,608,200	$1,741,900	$2,000,000
USDB - Institutional Council	$517,400	$750,700	$0	$0	$0
Total	$446,828,000	$486,266,600	$494,770,800	$589,223,800	$390,417,200

Categories of Expenditure	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Approp
Personnel Services	$43,306,800	$43,961,800	$44,283,700	$43,355,100	$44,237,500
In-state Travel	$816,800	$704,000	$722,000	$688,900	$733,000
Out-of-state Travel	$434,300	$292,100	$316,800	$329,400	$294,600
Current Expense	$25,758,100	$34,721,200	$33,222,600	$30,459,300	$35,176,700
DP Current Expense	$853,800	$1,189,500	$746,300	$750,900	$788,900
DP Capital Outlay	$265,100	$466,700	$900,400	$1,872,300	$915,300
Capital Outlay	$22,500	$93,400	$0	$0	$0
Other Charges/Pass Thru	$375,370,600	$404,837,900	$414,579,000	$511,667,900	$308,271,200
Transfers	$0	$0	$0	$100,000	$0
Total	$446,828,000	$486,266,600	$494,770,800	$589,223,800	$390,417,200

Other Indicators	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Approp
Budgeted FTE	641.0	654.3	631.0	643.3	617.0
Actual FTE	0.0	0.0	626.5	590.3	0.0
Vehicles	70	70	70	68	71

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