FY 2016 Appropriation

The Special Education program represents costs associated with providing special education assistance, regulatory oversight, and professional development. Among the outputs of the program are collecting and reporting state and federal data, writing and implementing policy and procedures, monitoring, assessments and accomodations, licensure, disability specific activities, technical assistance to parents and local education agencies, professional development, completion of the state performance plan and the annual performance report, and dispute resolution.

Funding History

Funding Issues

Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $181,249,700 from all sources for Special Education. This is a 0.1 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $48,100 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 1.5 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Appropriation Adjustments

In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:

DescriptionOngoingOne-Time USOE Indirect Cost Pool Transfers ($183,600) ($193,300)
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
($183,600) ($193,300)Transfers - Indirect Costs
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Intent Language

HB0002: Item 4

The Legislature intends that the Utah State Board of Education use any nonlapsing balances generated from the licensing of Student Assessment of Growth and Excellence (SAGE) questions to other states to develop additional assessment questions and provide professional learning for Utah educators.


HB0002: Item 4

The Legislature intends that the Utah State Board of Education use the revenue bond savings of $264,700 from the Education Fund to support a portion of their Risk Mitigation Plan.


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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.