The Carson Smith Scholarship Program was created to award scholarships to students with disabilities to attend a private school.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $4,738,000 from all sources for Carson Smith Scholarships. This is an 18.9 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $4,749,200 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 18.9 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:
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.