Subcommittee Summary Background The Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee oversees the budgets for three principal areas in public education. First, the Minimum School Program which provides general operating revenues to all school districts and charter schools in the state. Second, the School Building Program supports school districts in school building construction and renovation. Finally, the Education Agencies that administer and support the public education system include: the Utah State Office of Education, USOE Initiative Programs, State Charter School Board, Educator Licensing, Child Nutrition Programs, Fine Arts Outreach, Science Outreach, Education Contracts, and the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
Statutory Authority The following references from the State constitution and statute govern Utah's public education system. Each subsequent chapter details any statutes that directly relate to education programs, agencies, and line items discussed within the chapter. - Utah State Constitution Article X - Education - The constitution provides for the establishment of free non-sectarian schools, defines what constitutes the State's public education system, and places the responsibility of general control and supervision of the system with a State Board of Education.
- UCA Title 53A - State System of Public Education - Section 53A contains most of the statutes governing Utah's public education system.
- UCA 53A-1a-103 - Provides the mission of Utah's public education system as recognized and defined by the Legislature.
- UCA 53A-1a-104 - Details the characteristics of what constitutes Utah's public education and that the Legislature shall assist in maintaining a system to meet these characteristics.
Funding Detail In FY 2011, the state altered the way it accounts for appropriations from the income tax, which is deposited in the Education Fund. Prior to FY 2011, a fund transfer occurred that moved state revenue from the Education Fund to the Uniform School Fund to support appropriations to public education. This transfer created confusion in the appropriations process and made it difficult to track revenues. Beginning in FY 2011 Legislators appropriated directly from the Education Fund to public education. Some revenue sources are still required by statute to be deposited into the Uniform School Fund for appropriation to public education and are reflected in the appropriations detail. Note: The Restricted Revenue - PED in FY 2009 represents funds set aside by the Legislature in the Uniform School Fund Restricted - Growth in Student Population Account. This funding was later used in FY 2011 to mitigate the effects of the economic downturn on the public education system. | 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 | $2,338,952,308 | $2,260,854,586 | $2,108,936,686 | $19,000,000 | $19,000,000 | | Uniform School Fund, One-time | $238,673,000 | $171,511,600 | $181,789,300 | $30,000,000 | $12,000,000 | | Education Fund | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,349,904,886 | $2,383,756,291 | | Education Fund, One-time | $0 | $0 | $0 | ($65,555,800) | $3,553,900 | | Federal Funds | $339,840,500 | $366,796,100 | $354,211,800 | $579,099,700 | $281,626,000 | | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act | $0 | $189,391,800 | $144,454,300 | $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 | $25,808,900 | $26,499,500 | $24,754,400 | $23,019,700 | $23,009,400 | | EFR - Professional Practices | $1,434,800 | $1,465,900 | $1,460,600 | $2,173,100 | $2,168,700 | | Local Revenue | $508,148,621 | $592,118,974 | $602,671,370 | $633,804,300 | $590,334,173 | | 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 | $66,024,300 | $22,477,300 | $48,150,000 | $22,636,600 | $45,991,133 | | Beginning Nonlapsing - Basic Prog | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $6,300,000 | | Beginning Nonlapsing - Related to Basic | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4,000,000 | | Beginning Nonlapsing - Voted and Board | $0 | $0 | $0 | $8,000,000 | $0 | | Closing Nonlapsing | ($66,392,900) | ($16,269,500) | ($56,424,800) | ($72,250,000) | ($45,991,133) | | Lapsing Balance | ($405,700) | ($379,100) | $0 | ($596,500) | ($207,700) | | Total | $3,496,434,729 | $3,663,970,560 | $3,457,622,456 | $3,577,936,786 | $3,367,196,564 |
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| | Agencies | 2008
Actual | 2009
Actual | 2010
Actual | 2011
Actual | 2012
Approp | | Minimum School Program | $0 | $0 | ($11,191,300) | $0 | $0 | | MSP - Basic School Program | $1,752,778,398 | $1,840,119,735 | $1,885,124,463 | $1,930,556,336 | $2,131,215,387 | | MSP - Related to Basic Programs | $738,645,318 | $824,382,121 | $686,198,003 | $665,938,102 | $443,758,969 | | MSP - One-time Initiatives | $176,127,000 | $11,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | | MSP - Voted and Board Leeways | $304,767,113 | $359,913,204 | $380,220,790 | $377,718,848 | $387,405,308 | | School Building Programs | $77,288,900 | $42,288,900 | $22,499,700 | $14,499,700 | $14,399,700 | | State Board of Education | $446,828,000 | $486,266,600 | $494,770,800 | $589,223,800 | $390,417,200 | | Restricted Revenue - PED | $0 | $100,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | | Total | $3,496,434,729 | $3,663,970,560 | $3,457,622,456 | $3,577,936,786 | $3,367,196,564 |
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| | 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 | $3,424,977,329 | $3,582,541,860 | $3,377,430,656 | $3,500,380,886 | $3,285,050,564 | | Transfers | $0 | $0 | $0 | $100,000 | $0 | | Total | $3,496,434,729 | $3,663,970,560 | $3,457,622,456 | $3,577,936,786 | $3,367,196,564 |
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| | 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 | | Weighted Pupil Units | 0 | 0 | 731,519 | 745,100 | 764,659 |
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