H.B. 182 Enrolled

CLASS SIZE REDUCTION IN GRADES 7-8
1998 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Lloyd W. Frandsen
Sheryl L. Allen
Ron Bigelow
Duane Bourdeaux
Judy Ann Buffmire
Dave Hogue
Susan J. Koehn
Keele Johnson
Patricia B. Larson
Tammy J. Rowan
Richard M. Siddoway
A. Lamont Tyler
Patrice Arent

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; PROVIDING A $9,000,000
APPROPRIATION FOR CLASS SIZE REDUCTION IN GRADES 7 AND 8 IN THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS; REQUIRING SCHOOLS TO USE INNOVATIVE METHODS IN REDUCING
CLASS SIZE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
ENACTS:
53A-17a-124.7, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 53A-17a-124.7 is enacted to read:
53A-17a-124.7. Appropriation for class size reduction in grades 7 & 8.
(1) There is appropriated to the State Board of Education $9,000,000 for class size
reduction programs in grades 7 and 8 in the state's public schools.
(2) The state board shall allocate the appropriation to the state's 40 school districts on the
basis of each district's prior year average daily membership in grades 7 and 8 plus growth, as
determined under Subsection 53A-17a-106 (3), as compared to the state total.
(3) In order to receive class size reduction moneys under this section, a school must submit
a written plan , developed with the participation of administrators, teachers, and parents of students
attending the school, to its local school board as to how the school will use the moneys in creative
and innovative ways to reduce class size, such as establishing interdisciplinary teaching teams for
specific communities of learners or focusing the reduction of class size on specific blocks of time
during the school day.
(4) A school may use a portion of its allocation received under this section for capital

facilities projects, if the school determines those projects are necessary to help reduce class size.
(5) This appropriation is to supplement any other appropriation made for class size
reduction.
(6) (a) Each local school board shall provide an annual report to the State Board of
Education on how each school in its respective district used its allocation of the appropriation
provided under this section.
(b) The State Board of Education, through the state superintendent of public instruction,
shall provide the Legislature and the governor with an annual evaluation of the class size reduction
program established under this section, together with any suggested recommendations for
continuing, modifying, or terminating the program.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act takes effect on July 1, 1998.

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