H.B. 189 Enrolled

CLASSROOM SUPPLIES
2000 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Ron Bigelow
James R. Gowans
Lloyd W. Frandsen
Judy Ann Buffmire
Bryan D. Holladay
David L. Zolman
Glenn L. Way
Craig W. Buttars
Greg J. Curtis
Lawanna Shurtliff
Neal B. Hendrickson
Perry L. Buckner
Afton B. Bradshaw
Gerry A. Adair
David L. Hogue
Jackie Biskupski
Joseph G. Murray
DeMar Bud Bowman
Thomas V. Hatch
Duane E. Bourdeaux
Neil A. Hansen
Carl W. Duckworth
Loretta Baca
Fred J. Fife
Gary F. Cox
Michael R. Styler
Keele Johnson
Bill Wright
Jack A. Seitz
Don E. Bush
Jordan Tanner
Bradley T. Johnson
Wayne A. Harper
Tammy J. Rowan
Lowell A. Nelson
Brad King
Patrice M. Arent
Mary Carlson
Trisha S. Beck
Brent H. Goodfellow
Susan J. Koehn
John W. Hickman
Kevin S. Garn
David Ure
David L. Gladwell
Kory M. Holdaway
Chad E. Bennion
John E. Swallow
Karen W. Morgan
David N. Cox
Marlon O. Snow
A. Lamont Tyler
Richard M. Siddoway

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; INDICATING THAT THE LEGISLATURE
SHALL MAKE AN 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) The Legislature shall provide an appropriation 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 in grades kindergarten through six shall receive up to $225 and each
teacher in grades seven through 12 shall receive up to $175 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, the
Edith Bowen Laboratory School, and applied technology centers.
(b) "Teachers" mean permanent teacher positions filled by one teacher or two or more
job-sharing teachers who are certificated or licensed 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. They must be hired by the district for an entire
contract period.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act takes effect on July 1, 2000.

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