S.B. 203

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FUNDING EDUCATION THROUGH
2 COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENT
3 1998 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Mike Dmitrich
6 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; PROVIDING THAT THE STATE BOARD
7 OF EDUCATION, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE'S 40 SCHOOL DISTRICTS,
8 STUDY AND DEVELOP FOR IMPLEMENTATION A PROGRAM TO PERMIT
9 ADVERTISING IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS A REVENUE SOURCE TO HELP FUND
10 PUBLIC EDUCATION; PROVIDING FOR A REPORT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
11 DATE.
12 This act enacts uncodified material.
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
14 Section 1. State board study on advertising in the public schools.
15 (1) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the state's 40 school districts, shall
16 study and, if feasible, develop for implementation in the state's public education system a program
17 that would permit commercial advertising by public and private entities in public schools in order
18 to provide revenues to help fund public education.
19 (2) The board shall consider at least the following issues in its study:
20 (a) standardized rate charges for advertising, to include such considerations as the type or
21 nature of the advertising, when and where it would be permitted in the schools, the length of time
22 it would be allowed to run or be displayed, and who would actually set the rates;
23 (b) the content of the advertisement as related to its appropriateness in the public schools
24 and the person or entity who would make that determination, such as the school, a local school
25 board, the State Board of Education, or some other statewide entity;
26 (c) the use of the revenues generated by advertising, such as enhancing teachers' salaries,
27 reducing class sizes, or creating or enhancing other education programs that focus on improving

1 education; and
2 (d) the distribution of the revenues in relation to where they are generated and where they
3 are spent.
4 (3) The board shall complete its study by December 31, 1998, and make a report to the
5 Legislature prior to its 1999 General Session, together with any proposed recommendations for
6 legislation that may be required to implement such a program.
7 Section 2. Effective date.
8 If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this act takes effect
9 upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
10 Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto, the
11 date of veto override.




Legislative Review Note
as of 2-12-98 1:06 PM

A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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