Enactment of this legislation likely will not materially impact state revenue. Enactment of this bill could increase costs to the State Board of Education by $37,000 one-time in FY 2015 from the Education Fund for Liaison Committee member per diem, staff time and contracted research.

Enactment of this legislation likely will not materially impact state revenue. Enactment of this bill appropriates $907,500 one-time from the Education Fund to the Utah Education and Telehealth Network in FY 2015 to begin implementation of the Digital Teaching and Learning Program. The bill also appropriates $50,000,000 one-time and $25,000,000 ongoing from the Education Fund beginning in FY 2016. Of this amount, $50,000,000 one-time and $16,350,000 ongoing is appropriated to the State Board of Education to provide grants to LEAs, hire a private evaluator, and oversee the program as outlined in the bill. The remaining $8,650,000 ongoing is appropriated to the Utah Education and Telehealth Network to provide for infrastructure and technology support, contract with an education consultant, and to administer the program as outlined in the bill.

As a result of a Risk Assessment performed by USOE Internal Audit, a Risk Mitigation Plan was developed which includes requests for funding for the following positions (FTEs): 2.0 - internal audit 3.0 - IT programmers 1.8 - staff to support growth in LEAs 1.0 - data security officer

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Enactment of this legislation likely will not materially impact state revenue. Enactment of this bill may cost the Utah State Office of Education $150,000 one-time in FY 2015 from the Education Fund to hire an education specialist to prepare a report that summarizes policies and programs in the state's public education system for a minimum of 15 years. This education specialist will also develop a 10-year plan for the state's public education system.