H.B. 81 Enrolled

APPROPRIATION FOR CLASSROOM SUPPLIES
1997 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Ron Bigelow
Tammy J. Rowan
Keele Johnson
Lloyd W. Frandsen
Susan J. Koehn
Patricia B. Larson
Richard M. Siddoway
Dave Hogue
Judy Ann Buffmire
Fred R. Hunsaker
Duane Bourdeaux
Jordan Tanner
Kevin S. Garn
Patrice Arent
Gary F. Cox
Christine R. Fox
Steve Barth
Beverly Ann Evans
David L. Zolman
Sheryl L. Allen
Marda Dillree
Lowell A. Nelson
Bryan D. Holladay
Michael R. Styler
Brent H. Goodfellow
Daniel H. Tuttle
Don E. Bush
Joseph G. Murray
Bradley T. Johnson
Loretta Baca
Neal B. Hendrickson
Melvin R. Brown
Orville D. Carnahan
A. Lamont Tyler
Brian R. Allen
Perry Buckner
Craig W. Buttars
Gerry A. Adair
John B. Arrington
Brad King
Thomas Hatch
Wayne A. Harper

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; PROVIDING A $3,000,000
APPROPRIATION FOR TEACHER CLASSROOM SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
This act enacts uncodified material.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Appropriation.
(1) There is appropriated from the Uniform School Fund for fiscal year 1997-98,
$3,000,000 to the State Board of Education for distribution to public school teachers for classroom
supplies and materials.
(2) The board shall distribute the appropriation directly to classroom teachers through the
state's 40 school districts on the basis of the number of classroom teachers in each public school
as compared to the total number of classroom teachers in the 40 school districts.
(3) Each teacher shall receive up to $150 and may spend the money for school supplies,
materials, or field trips under rules adopted by the State Board of Education.
(4) As used in this section:

(a) "Public schools" and "school districts" include the Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
and Applied Technology Centers.
(b) "Teachers" mean a permanent teacher position filled by one teacher or two or more
job-sharing teachers who is/are certificated personnel, paid on the teacher's salary schedule and
whose primary function is to provide instructional or a combination of instructional and counseling
services to students in the public schools. Such teachers shall be employed by the school district for
an entire contract period.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act takes effect on July 1, 1997.

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