H.B. 189

1

CLASSROOM SUPPLIES
2 2000 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Ron Bigelow
5 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; S [ PROVIDING A $3,750,000 ] INDICATING
5a THAT THE LEGISLATURE SHALL MAKE AN s
6 APPROPRIATION FOR TEACHER CLASSROOM SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS; AND
7 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
8 This act enacts uncodified material.
9 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
10 Section 1. Appropriation.
11 (1) S [ There is appropriated from the Uniform School Fund for fiscal year 2000-01,
12 $3,750,000 ] THE LEGISLATURE SHALL PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATION s to the State Board of
12a Education for distribution to public school teachers for classroom
13 supplies and materials.
14 (2) The board shall distribute the appropriation directly to classroom teachers through the
15 state's 40 school districts on the basis of the number of classroom teachers in each public school
16 as compared to the total number of classroom teachers in the 40 school districts.
17 (3) Each teacher S IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIX s shall receive up to
17a S [ $200 ] $225 AND EACH TEACHER IN GRADES SEVEN THROUGH 12 SHALL RECEIVE UP TO $175 s 17b and may spend the money for school supplies,
18 materials, or field trips under rules adopted by the State Board of Education.
19 (4) As used in this section:
20 (a) "Public schools" and "school districts" include the Schools for the Deaf and the Blind,
21 the Edith Bowen Laboratory School, and applied technology centers.
22 (b) "Teachers" mean permanent teacher positions filled by one teacher or two or more
23 job-sharing teachers who are certificated or licensed personnel, paid on the teacher's salary
24 schedule, and whose primary function is to provide instructional or a combination of instructional
25 and counseling services to students in the public schools. They must be hired by the district for
26 an entire contract period.
27 Section 2. Effective date.

28 This act takes effect on July 1, 2000.




Legislative Review Note
as of 10-14-99 9:08 AM

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

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