COBI 2015 - Judicial Education

Overview
Issues
Background
Financials

Sources Uses

FY 2016 Appropriation

The state court administrator is responsible for providing education and training opportunities to judicial branch personnel. Continuing education programs function under policy guidance from the Standing Committee on Judicial Branch Education.

Funding History

Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $702,600 from all sources for Judicial Education. This is an 11 percent reduction from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $610,400 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 1.7 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Statute

The authority for judicial education comes from the Utah Code and the Code of Judicial Administration.

UCA 78A-2-111 authorizes an annual judicial conference, and
Required annual training is specified in UCA 78A-7-205.

Judicial Council rule requires that judges and commissioners receive 30 hours of in-service educational training and other staff members receive 20 hours of training annually. Education staff coordinates education programs for more than 1,000 state court employees and over 110 judges. Education staff also provide education services to justice courts which employ more than 350 staff and over 125 judges.

The AOC, through the Utah Judicial Institute, provides classes, workshops and conferences for all judicial and non-judicial staff throughout the year so that staff may achieve the required hours of annual education. Specialized orientation programs are provided for court staff, probation officers, pro tem judges, and state and justice court judges. Over 100 classes are offered annually for court staff.

Conferences offering specialized training include the Annual Judicial Conference, Appellate, Juvenile, District, and Justice Court Conferences, Justice Court Clerks' Conferences, and the Annual Court Employees' Conference. Workshops include Legislative Updates for judges and court staff, probation officer safety training, Legal Institute for Justice Court Judges and ad hoc programs throughout the year. When available, funds are provided for judges to receive out-of-state training. The Utah Judicial Institute also provides training for Utah's certified court interpreters, and administers tests to certify court interpreters. Periodic training is also provided to Utah's Divorce Education providers, and pro tem small claims judges.

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 20

Under Section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that the appropriations provided for in the Administration line item not lapse at the close of Fiscal Year 2015.

SB0002: Item 16

Under provisions of Section 67-8-2, Utah Code Annotated, salaries for District Court judges for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2016 shall be $150,000. Other judicial salaries shall be calculated in accordance with the formula set forth in Section 67-8-2 and rounded to the nearest $50.

SB0003: Item 55

Notwithstanding the judicial salary rate set in Senate Bill 2 Item 16, under provisions of Section 67-8-2, Utah Code Annotated, the new salary for District Court judges for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2016 shall be $152,850. Other judicial salaries shall be calculated in accordance with the formula set forth in Section 67-8-2 and rounded to the nearest $50.

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Sources of Finance	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
General Fund	545,000	508,000	504,200	511,100	567,200	31,000	598,200	9,700	607,900
General Fund, One-time	0	0	0	1,100	2,200	(200)	2,000	500	2,500
Dedicated Credits Revenue	0	93,700	90,000	90,000	90,300	0	90,300	1,900	92,200
Beginning Nonlapsing	9,000	69,100	69,000	69,000	0	99,000	99,000	(99,000)	0
Closing Nonlapsing	(172,400)	(42,600)	(27,600)	500	0	0	0	0	0
Total	$381,600	$628,200	$635,600	$671,700	$659,700	$129,800	$789,500	($86,900)	$702,600

Categories of Expenditure	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Personnel Services	187,200	280,900	327,000	297,600	315,900	30,800	346,700	12,100	358,800
In-state Travel	29,000	39,900	58,500	50,400	0	0	0	0	0
Out-of-state Travel	10,600	34,000	69,700	29,600	94,500	0	94,500	0	94,500
Current Expense	150,900	262,500	167,200	276,000	249,300	99,000	348,300	(99,000)	249,300
DP Current Expense	3,900	10,900	13,200	18,100	0	0	0	0	0
Total	$381,600	$628,200	$635,600	$671,700	$659,700	$129,800	$789,500	($86,900)	$702,600

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Other Indicators	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Budgeted FTE	5.90	5	7	7	4.21	(0.21)	4	0	4
Actual FTE	3.10	3.70	4.10	4.10	0	0	0	0	0

COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.