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Second Substitute H.B. 3

Senator Howard A. Stephenson proposes to substitute the following bill:


             1     
MINIMUM SCHOOL PROGRAM ACT

             2     
AMENDMENTS

             3     
2001 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

             5     
Sponsor: Marda Dillree

             6      This act modifies provisions relating to the State System of Public Education in the funding
             7      of the Minimum School Program. The act provides a ceiling for the state contribution of the
             8      maintenance and operations portion of the Minimum School Program Act not to exceed
             9      $1,606,881,384. The act establishes the value of the weighted pupil unit at $2,110, establishes
             10      block grants and distribution formulas, and provides a $38,358,000 appropriation for school
             11      building aid. The act provides for $24,785,000 in one-time appropriations and has a July 1,
             12      2001 effective date.
             13      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             14      AMENDS:
             15          53A-1-702, as last amended by Chapter 4, Laws of Utah 1998
             16          53A-17a-103, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             17          53A-17a-104, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             18          53A-17a-111, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             19          53A-17a-112, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             20          53A-17a-113, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             21          53A-17a-116, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             22          53A-17a-119, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             23          53A-17a-120, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             24          53A-17a-121, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             25          53A-17a-124, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000


             26          53A-17a-124.5, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             27          53A-17a-125, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             28          53A-17a-126, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             29          53A-17a-131.2, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             30          53A-17a-131.4, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             31          53A-17a-131.9, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             32          53A-17a-131.13, as enacted by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             33          53A-17a-131.17, as enacted by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             34          53A-17a-132, as last amended by Chapters 224 and 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             35          53A-17a-133, as last amended by Chapter 8, Laws of Utah 1996, Second Special Session
             36          53A-17a-134, as last amended by Chapter 1, Laws of Utah 1994
             37          53A-17a-135, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             38          53A-21-105, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             39      ENACTS:
             40          53A-3-701, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             41      REPEALS AND REENACTS:
             42          53A-17a-123, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             43          53A-17a-131.15, as enacted by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             44          53A-17a-131.16, as enacted by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             45          53A-17a-131.19, as enacted by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             46      REPEALS:
             47          53A-17a-124.1, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             48          53A-17a-128, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             49          53A-17a-129, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             50          53A-17a-130, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             51          53A-17a-131.1, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             52          53A-17a-131.3, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             53          53A-17a-131.6, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             54          53A-17a-131.8, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             55          53A-17a-131.11, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             56          53A-17a-131.12, as last amended by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000


             57          53A-17a-131.14, as enacted by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             58          53A-17a-131.18, as enacted by Chapter 264, Laws of Utah 2000
             59      This act enacts uncodified material.
             60      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             61          Section 1. Section 53A-1-702 is amended to read:
             62           53A-1-702. Appropriations -- Allocations -- Contributions from school districts, the
             63      business community, and technology vendors.
             64          (1) (a) The Legislature shall provide annual appropriations to help fund the technology
             65      programs authorized in this part.
             66          (b) The appropriations are nonlapsing.
             67          (2) The appropriations are allocated as follows:
             68          [(a) the State Board of Education shall receive the amount appropriated under Section
             69      53A-17a-131.1 for allocation to the state's school districts and distribute it in two parts:]
             70          [(i) the board shall distribute the first part, 25% of the appropriation received under
             71      Subsection (2)(a), equally among the state's school districts; and]
             72          [(ii) the board shall distribute the second part, 75% of the appropriation, based on the ratio
             73      of a district's average daily membership to the state total average daily membership;]
             74          (a) school districts shall receive monies under the local discretionary block grant program
             75      provided for in Section 53A-17a-123 , which they may use to fund their technology programs;
             76          (b) the State Board of Regents shall receive the amount appropriated to the state colleges
             77      of education as a line item in the general appropriations act and distribute it based on each state
             78      college's student teacher training enrollment FTE's as compared to the total student teacher training
             79      enrollment FTE's for all state colleges of education.
             80          (3) (a) Neither the State Board of Education nor the State Board of Regents may establish
             81      rules that restrict school districts or colleges of education in their purchases of educational
             82      technology under this part or use any of the money appropriated for this part for administrative or
             83      overhead costs.
             84          (b) The monies shall flow through the respective state boards directly to the school
             85      districts and colleges, subject to any qualifications established under this part.
             86          (c) These monies are to supplement and not supplant other state appropriations to school
             87      districts and the colleges of education.


             88          (4) (a) School districts may spend [as much of the] monies received under Subsection (2)
             89      [as they consider necessary and appropriate] for inservice training for the technology programs
             90      authorized under this part.
             91          (b) Subsection (4)(a) does not restrict school districts from spending or using additional
             92      resources obtained under Subsections (5), (6), and (7) for inservice training.
             93          (5) School districts and colleges shall match state appropriations for the technology
             94      programs on a one to three basis, that is one dollar in local resources for every three state dollars,
             95      either through local funding efforts or through in-kind services, which may include providing an
             96      infrastructure, planning services, training services, maintenance, or the use of technical assistance
             97      specialists.
             98          (6) (a) School districts, individual public schools, and public institutions of higher
             99      education shall solicit contributions from and enter into partnerships with private business to
             100      obtain additional resources for the technology programs authorized under this part.
             101          (b) The Technology Initiative Project Office established under this part within the State
             102      Office of Education shall solicit contributions for district technology programs from federal
             103      sources.
             104          (c) The additional resources obtained under this section shall remain with the respective
             105      district, school, or institution as part of its technology program.
             106          (d) Contributions made at the state level by private business or federal sources shall flow
             107      to selected districts, schools, or colleges of education based on specific technology projects as
             108      approved and selected by the Technology Initiative Project Office.
             109          (7) Vendors who participate in the technology program shall make contributions to the
             110      program in terms of vendor discounts, inservice training, and continuing support services under
             111      standards established by the Technology Initiative Project Office.
             112          (8) As used in this part, "school district" includes the School for the Deaf and the School
             113      for the Blind.
             114          Section 2. Section 53A-3-701 is enacted to read:
             115     
Part 7. Comprehensive Staff Professional Development Plans

             116          53A-3-701. School and school district professional development plans.
             117          (1) (a) Each public school and school district shall develop and implement a systematic,
             118      comprehensive, and long-term plan for staff professional development.


             119          (b) Each school shall use its community council, school directors, or a subcommittee of
             120      the community council as described in Subsection 53A-16-101.5 (4) to help develop and implement
             121      the plan.
             122          (2) Each plan shall include the following components:
             123          (a) an alignment of professional development activities at the school and school district
             124      level with:
             125          (i) the School LAND Trust Program authorized under Section 53A-16-101.5 ;
             126          (ii) the Utah Performance Assessment System for Students under Title 53A, Chapter 1,
             127      Part 6, Achievement Tests;
             128          (iii) the Educational Technology Initiative under Title 53A, Chapter 1, Part 7, Educational
             129      Technology Programs;
             130          (iv) Sections 53A-6-101 and 53A-6-104 of the Educator Licensing and Professional
             131      Practices Act;
             132          (v) Title 53A, Chapter 9, Teacher Career Ladders; and
             133          (vi) Title 53A, Chapter 10, Educator Evaluation;
             134          (b) provision for the development of internal instructional leadership and support;
             135          (c) the periodic presence of all stakeholders at the same time in the professional
             136      development process, to include administrators, educators, support staff, parents, and students;
             137          (d) provisions for the use of consultants to enhance and evaluators to assess the
             138      effectiveness of the plan as implemented; and
             139          (e) the time required for and the anticipated costs of implementing and maintaining the
             140      plan.
             141          (3) (a) Each local school board shall review and either approve or recommend
             142      modifications for each school plan within its district so that each school's plan is compatible with
             143      the district plan.
             144          (b) The board shall:
             145          (i) provide positive and meaningful assistance to a school, if requested by its community
             146      council or school directors, in drafting and implementing its plan; and
             147          (ii) monitor the progress of each school plan and hold each school accountable for meeting
             148      the objectives of its plan.
             149          (4) (a) The State Board of Education, through the superintendent of public instruction,


             150      shall work with school districts to identify the resources required to implement and maintain each
             151      school's and school district's professional development plan required under this section.
             152          (b) (i) The state board shall make an annual budget recommendation to the Legislature for
             153      state funding of professional development plans under this section.
             154          (ii) The recommendation shall take into account:
             155          (A) monies that could be used for professional development from the programs listed in
             156      Subsection (2)(a); and
             157          (B) the professional development block grant program authorized under the Minimum
             158      School Program Act.
             159          (5) (a) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, school districts shall use $15,000,000
             160      of the school professional development appropriation made in Section 53A-17a-124 , for teacher
             161      professional development days beyond the regular school year as follows:
             162          (i) each school district shall use its allocation for teacher professional development related
             163      to implementing and maintaining the Utah Performance Assessment System for Students and may
             164      use such training models as Schools for All and Urban Learning Centers in its professional
             165      development program;
             166          (ii) monies for two additional days may be allocated to a school district without matching
             167      monies;
             168          (iii) monies to finance a third additional day must have a district match of an additional
             169      day financed from district sources; and
             170          (iv) a school district may not use its allocation under Subsection (5)(a)(iii) if it fails to
             171      meet the matching requirements under that subsection.
             172          (b) Schools are urged to collaborate with one another in the implementation of the teacher
             173      development program under Subsection (5)(a) to maximize the effectiveness of the appropriation.
             174          (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that of the $15,000,000 allocated to school districts
             175      for additional days $42,305 shall be allocated to the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind per
             176      day for each additional day funded.
             177          Section 3. Section 53A-17a-103 is amended to read:
             178           53A-17a-103. Definitions.
             179          As used in this chapter:
             180          (1) "Basic state-supported school program" or "basic program" means public education


             181      programs for kindergarten, elementary, and secondary school students that are operated and
             182      maintained for the amount derived by multiplying the number of weighted pupil units for each
             183      district by [$2,006] $2,110, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
             184          (2) "Certified revenue levy" means a property tax levy that provides the same amount of
             185      ad valorem property tax revenue as was collected for the prior year, plus new growth, but exclusive
             186      of revenue from collections from redemptions, interest, and penalties.
             187          (3) "Leeway program" or "leeway" means a state-supported voted leeway program or board
             188      leeway program authorized under Section 53A-17a-133 or 53A-17a-134 .
             189          (4) "Pupil in average daily membership (ADM)" means a full-day equivalent pupil.
             190          (5) "State-supported minimum school program" or "minimum school program" means
             191      public school programs for kindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools.
             192          (a) The minimum school program established in the districts shall include the equivalent
             193      of a school term of nine months as determined by the State Board of Education.
             194          (b) (i) The board shall establish the number of days or equivalent instructional hours that
             195      school is held for an academic school year.
             196          (ii) Education, enhanced by utilization of technologically enriched delivery systems, when
             197      approved by local school boards, shall receive full support by the State Board of Education as it
             198      pertains to fulfilling the 990-hour attendance requirements, excluding time spent viewing
             199      commercial advertising.
             200          (c) The program shall be operated and maintained for the total of the following annual
             201      costs:
             202          (i) the cost of a basic state-supported school program;
             203          (ii) the amount appropriated in Section 53A-17a-123 for the local discretionary block grant
             204      program;
             205          (iii) the amount appropriated in Section 53A-17a-125 for retirement and social security;
             206          (A) each school district shall receive its share of retirement and social security monies
             207      based on its total weighted pupil units compared to the total weighted pupil units for all districts
             208      in the state;
             209          (B) the monies needed to support retirement and social security shall be determined by
             210      taking the district's prior year allocation and adjusting it for student growth, for the percentage
             211      increase in the value of the weighted pupil unit, and the effect of any change in the rates for


             212      retirement, social security, or both;
             213          (iv) the amount of the employer contribution required or made in behalf of employees
             214      under Sections 49-2-301 and 49-3-301 ;
             215          (v) the amount of the employer contribution under Section 1400 of the Federal Insurance
             216      Contribution Act in accordance with Section 67-11-5 for local school boards;
             217          (vi) the amount appropriated in Chapter 17a:
             218          (A) for [an incentives for excellence program] a professional development block grant
             219      program;
             220          [(B) as a contingency fund for the State Board of Education;]
             221          [(C)] (B) for state-supported transportation;
             222          [(D) for a staff development program;]
             223          [(E) for regional service centers;]
             224          [(F) for the educational technology initiative program;]
             225          [(G) for a school nurse program;]
             226          [(H) for a comprehensive guidance program;]
             227          [(I)] (C) for families, agencies, and communities together for children and youth at risk
             228      programs;
             229          [(J)] (D) for experimental and developmental programs;
             230          [(K)] (E) for alternative language services programs;
             231          [(L)] (F) for highly impacted schools;
             232          [(M) for character education programs;]
             233          [(N) for technology, life, careers, and work-based programs;]
             234          [(O) for truancy intervention and prevention programs;]
             235          [(P)] (G) for a guarantee transportation levy program;
             236          [(Q) for a reading initiative program;]
             237          [(R) for a reading performance improvement scholarship program;]
             238          [(S) for an alternative middle schools program;]
             239          [(T)] (H) for a school land trust program; [and]
             240          [(U) for an assessment and accountability program; and]
             241          (I) for adult education programs;
             242          (J) for At-risk programs;


             243          (K) for accelerated learning programs;
             244          (L) for a math and science beginning teacher recruitment program;
             245          (M) for a block grant hold harmless program; and
             246          (N) for an electronic high school program; and
             247          (vii) the cost of a leeway program.
             248          (d) The program includes school construction aid programs authorized under Title 53A,
             249      Chapter 21, Public Education Capital Outlay Act.
             250          (6) "Weighted pupil unit or units" means the unit of measure of factors that is computed
             251      in accordance with this chapter for the purpose of determining the costs of a program on a uniform
             252      basis for each district.
             253          Section 4. Section 53A-17a-104 is amended to read:
             254           53A-17a-104. Amount of state's contribution toward minimum school program.
             255          (1) The total contribution of the state toward the cost of the operation and maintenance
             256      portion of the minimum school program, as provided and defined in Section 53A-17a-103 , may
             257      not exceed the sum of [$1,535,110,246] $1,606,881,384 for the [2000-01] 2001-02 school year,
             258      except as otherwise provided by the Legislature through supplemental appropriations.
             259          (2) It is intended that the funds provided are for the following purposes and in the
             260      following amounts:
             261                                           Estimated State and
             262      Estimated                                 Local Funds at
             263                                               [$2,006] $2,110
             264      Weighted             Purpose                 Per Weighted
             265      Pupil Units            State Contribution                 Pupil Unit
             266      [20,222] 20,616        Basic program - kindergarten.     [$40,565,332] $43,499,760
             267      [426,422] 427,244        Basic program - grades 1-12.     [$855,402,532] $901,484,840
             268      41,394        Basic program - professional staff.         [$83,036,364] $87,341,340
             269      1,655         Basic program - administrative costs.     [$3,319,930] $3,492,050
             270      [7,080] 7,336        Basic program - necessarily existent small     [$14,202,480] $15,478,960
             271                   schools and units for consolidated schools.    
             272      [52,697] 53,153    Special education - regular program     [$105,710,182] $112,152,830
             273                   - add-on WPUs for students with disabilities.


             274      [5,038] 6,109    Preschool Special Education Program.     [$10,106,228] $12,889,990
             275      [12,299] 12,466    Self-contained regular WPUs.         [$24,671,794] $26,303,260
             276      237        Extended year program for severely disabled.    [$475,422] $500,070
             277      1,350        Special education - state programs.         [$2,708,100] $2,848,500
             278      [19,464] 23,423    Applied technology and technical education     [$39,044,784] $49,422,530
             279                   district programs.
             280      989        Applied technology district set-aside.     [$1,983,934] $2,086,790
             281      [10,039        Youth at risk programs.                 $20,138,234]
             282      [3,407        Adult education.                     $6,834,442]
             283      [3,841        Accelerated learning programs.             $7,705,046]
             284      [11,549        Local programs.
                 $23,167,294
]
             285      [24,253        Career ladder.
                 $48,651,518
]
             286      29,577        Class size reduction.                 [$59,331,462] $62,407,470
             287      [671,513] 625,549    TOTAL OF ALL ABOVE PROGRAMS [$1,347,055,078] $1,319,908,390
             288                  Professional Development Block Grant.        $73,553,836
             289                  Social Security and retirement programs. [$253,325,728] $214,077,244
             290                   Pupil Transportation to and from school.     [$53,236,772] $55,517,261
             291                  [Contingency fund.                     $419,246]
             292                  [Incentives for excellence.                 $614,911]
             293                  [Regional service centers.                  $1,172,733]
             294                  [Staff Development.                     $1,965,577]
             295                  [Comprehensive Guidance.                  $7,420,659]
             296                  [Educational Technology Initiative             $8,970,322]
             297                  [- Maintenance.]
             298                  Guarantee Transportation Levy.                $500,000
             299                  Local Discretionary Block Grant Program.            $49,821,560
             300                  Math and Science - Beginning Teacher Recruitment.    $2,400,000
             301                  Families, Agencies, and Communities Together.        $1,250,670
             302                   Alternative Language Services.         [$3,328,564] $3,528,564
             303                  Highly Impacted Schools.             [$4,873,207] $5,123,207
             304                  [Character Education Program.             $397,680]


             305                  [Families, Agencies, and Communities Together.     $1,250,670]
             306                  [School Nurses.                      $496,949]
             307                  [Transportation Levy.                     $225,000]
             308                  [Technology, Life, Careers, and Work-Based         $2,235,000]
             309                  [Learning Programs.]
             310                  [Truancy Intervention and Prevention.         $150,000]
             311                  [Reading Performance Improvement]
             312                  [Scholarship Program.                     $9,000]
             313                  [Reading Initiative.                     $5,000,000]
             314                  At-risk Programs.                    $24,909,715
             315                  Adult Education.                    $8,330,167
             316                  Accelerated Learning Programs.            $9,507,610
             317                  Block Grant Hold Harmless.                $3,897,110
             318                  Experimental and Developmental Program.     [$5,933,056] $3,102,369
             319                  [Alternative Middle Schools Program.         $2,000,000]
             320                  Electronic High School.                $200,000
             321                  School Land Trust Program.             [$4,775,000] $5,200,000
             322                  [Assessment and Accountability Program.         $3,500,000]
             323                  [State Contribution to School Districts.         $1,113,100]
             324                  State-supported voted leeway.     [$121,242,797] $141,362,359
             325                  State-supported board leeway.        [$36,111,863] $41,149,682
             326                  Total estimated contributions to     [$1,866,822,912] $1,963,339,744
             327                   school districts for all programs.    
             328                  Less estimated proceeds from     [$331,712,666] $356,458,360
             329                   state-supported local levies.
             330                  TOTAL STATE FUNDS         [$1,535,110,246] $1,606,881,384
             331          Section 5. Section 53A-17a-111 is amended to read:
             332           53A-17a-111. Weighted pupil units for programs for students with disabilities --
             333      District allocation.
             334          (1) There is appropriated to the State Board of Education [$143,671,726 (71,621]
             335      $154,694,650 (73,315 weighted pupil units) for allocation to local school board programs for


             336      students with disabilities.
             337          (2) Included in the appropriation is [$105,710,182] $112,152,830 for add-on WPUs for
             338      students with disabilities enrolled in regular programs.
             339          (3) The number of weighted pupil units for students with disabilities shall reflect the direct
             340      cost of programs for those students conducted in accordance with definitions, guidelines, rules, and
             341      standards established by the State Board of Education in accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a,
             342      Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
             343          (4) Disability program monies allocated to districts are restricted and shall be spent for the
             344      education of students with disabilities but may include expenditures for approved programs of
             345      services conducted for certified instructional personnel who have students with disabilities in their
             346      classes.
             347          (5) The State Board of Education shall establish and strictly interpret definitions and
             348      provide standards for determining which students have disabilities and shall assist districts in
             349      determining the services that should be provided to students with disabilities.
             350          (6) Each year the board shall evaluate the standards and guidelines that establish the
             351      identifying criteria for disability classifications to assure strict compliance with those standards by
             352      the districts.
             353          (7) Each district shall receive its allocation of monies appropriated in Subsection
             354      53A-17a-111 (2) for add-on WPUs for students with disabilities enrolled in regular programs as
             355      provided in this subsection.
             356          (a) The State Board of Education shall use the total number of special education add-on
             357      weighted pupil units used to fund fiscal year 1989-90 as a foundation for the special education
             358      add-on appropriation.
             359          (b) A district's special education add-on WPUs for the current year may not be less than
             360      the foundation special education add-on WPUs.
             361          (8) When monies appropriated under this chapter fund the foundation weighted pupil units,
             362      as outlined in Subsection (7)(a), growth WPUs shall be added to the prior year special education
             363      add-on WPUs, and growth WPUs shall be determined as follows:
             364          (a) The special education student growth factor is calculated by comparing S-3 total special
             365      education ADM of two years previous to the current year to the S-3 total special education ADM
             366      three years previous to the current year, not to exceed the official October total district growth


             367      factor from the prior year.
             368          (b) When calculating and applying the growth factor, a district's S-3 total special education
             369      ADM for a given year is limited to 12.18% of the district's S-3 total student ADM for the same
             370      year.
             371          (c) Growth ADMs are calculated by applying the growth factor in Subsection (8)(a) to the
             372      S-3 total special education ADM of two years previous to the current year.
             373          (d) Growth ADMs for each district in Subsection (8)(c) are multiplied by 1.53 weighted
             374      pupil units and added to the prior year special education add-on WPU to determine each district's
             375      total allocation.
             376          (9) If monies appropriated under this chapter for programs for students with disabilities
             377      do not meet the costs of districts for those programs, each district shall first receive the amount
             378      generated for each student with a disability under the basic program.
             379          Section 6. Section 53A-17a-112 is amended to read:
             380           53A-17a-112. Preschool special education appropriation -- Extended year program
             381      appropriation -- Appropriation for special education programs in state institutions.
             382          (1) Included in the [$143,671,726] $154,694,650 appropriation under Section
             383      53A-17a-111 is:
             384          (a) an amount of [$10,106,228] $12,889,990 for preschool special education programs;
             385          (b) an amount of [$24,671,794] $26,303,260 for self-contained regular WPU special
             386      education programs;
             387          (c) an amount of [$475,422] $500,070 for extended year programs for the severely
             388      disabled; and
             389          (d) an amount of [$2,708,100] $2,848,500 for special education programs in state
             390      institutions and for district impact aid.
             391          (2) (a) The amount designated for the preschool special education program under
             392      Subsection (1)(a) is allocated to school districts to provide a free, appropriate public education to
             393      preschool students with a disability, ages three through five.
             394          (b) The monies are distributed on the basis of a school district's previous year December
             395      1 disabled preschool child count as mandated by federal law.
             396          (3) The extended school year program for the severely disabled is limited to students with
             397      severe disabilities with education program goals identifying significant regression and recoupment


             398      disability as approved by the State Board of Education.
             399          (4) (a) The monies appropriated for self-contained regular special education programs may
             400      not be used to supplement other school programs.
             401          (b) Monies in any of the other restricted line item appropriations may not be reduced more
             402      than 2% to be used for purposes other than those specified by the appropriation, unless otherwise
             403      provided by law.
             404          (5) (a) The State Board of Education shall compute preschool funding by a factor of
             405      [1.205] 1.47 times the current December 1 child count of eligible preschool aged three, four, and
             406      five-year-olds times the WPU value, limited to 8% growth over the prior year December 1 count.
             407          (b) The board shall develop guidelines to implement the funding formula for preschool
             408      special education, and establish prevalence limits for distribution of the monies.
             409          Section 7. Section 53A-17a-113 is amended to read:
             410           53A-17a-113. Weighted pupil units for applied technology education programs --
             411      Funding of approved programs -- Performance measures -- Qualifying criteria.
             412          (1) There is appropriated to the State Board for Applied Technology Education, hereafter
             413      referred to in this section as the board, [$39,044,784 (19,464] $49,422,530 (23,423 weighted pupil
             414      units) to pay the added instructional costs of approved applied technology education programs.
             415          (a) Included in the appropriation is [$844,526] $888,310 (421 weighted pupil units) for
             416      summer applied technology agriculture programs.
             417          (b) These monies are allocated to eligible recipients as provided in Subsections (2), (3),
             418      and (4).
             419          (c) Money appropriated under Subsection 53A-17a-113 (1) and any money appropriated
             420      for work-based education may not be used to fund programs below the ninth grade level.
             421          (2) Weighted pupil units are computed for pupils in approved programs.
             422          (a) The board shall fund approved programs based upon hours of membership of 9th
             423      through 12th grade students.
             424          (b) The board shall use an amount not to exceed 20% of the total appropriation under this
             425      section to fund approved programs based on performance measures such as placement and
             426      competency attainment defined in standards set by the board for districts to qualify for applied
             427      technology funding.
             428          (c) Leadership organization funds shall constitute an amount not to exceed 1% of the total


             429      appropriation under this section, and shall be distributed to each local educational agency
             430      sponsoring applied technology student leadership organizations in a ratio representing the agency's
             431      share of the state's total membership in those organizations.
             432          (d) The board shall make the necessary calculations for distribution of the appropriation
             433      to school districts and may revise and recommend changes necessary for achieving equity and ease
             434      of administration.
             435          (3) (a) Twenty weighted pupil units shall be computed for each district, or 25 weighted
             436      pupil units may be computed for each district that consolidates applied technology administrative
             437      services with one or more other districts.
             438          (b) Between 10 and 25 weighted pupil units shall be computed for each high school
             439      conducting approved applied technology education programs in a district according to standards
             440      established by the board.
             441          (c) Forty weighted pupil units shall be computed for each district that operates an approved
             442      district applied technology center.
             443          (d) Between five and seven weighted pupil units shall be computed for each summer
             444      applied technology agriculture program according to standards established by the board.
             445          (e) The board shall, by rule, establish qualifying criteria for districts to receive weighted
             446      pupil units under Subsection (3).
             447          (4) (a) All monies allocated under Subsection (1) are computed by using average daily
             448      membership in approved programs for the previous year.
             449          (b) A district that has experienced student growth in grades 9 through 12 for the previous
             450      year shall have the growth factor applied to the previous year's weighted pupil units when
             451      calculating the allocation of monies under this subsection.
             452          (5) (a) The board shall establish rules for the upgrading of high school applied technology
             453      education programs.
             454          (b) The rules shall reflect technical training and actual marketable job skills in society.
             455          (c) The rules shall include procedures to assist school districts to convert existing
             456      programs which are not preparing students for the job market into programs that will accomplish
             457      that purpose.
             458          (6) Programs that do not meet board standards may not be funded under this section.
             459          Section 8. Section 53A-17a-116 is amended to read:


             460           53A-17a-116. Weighted pupil units for applied technology set-aside programs.
             461          (1) There is appropriated to the State Board for Applied Technology Education
             462      [$1,983,934] $2,086,790 (989 weighted pupil units) for an applied technology set-aside program.
             463          (2) Applied technology set-aside funds appropriated to the board are allocated by Request
             464      for Proposal (RFP) to provide a district minimum payment for applied technology education.
             465          (3) Each district shall receive a guaranteed minimum allocation.
             466          (4) The set-aside funds remaining after the initial minimum payment allocation are
             467      distributed by an RFP process to help pay for equipment costs necessary to initiate new programs
             468      and for high priority programs as determined by labor market information.
             469          Section 9. Section 53A-17a-119 is amended to read:
             470           53A-17a-119. Appropriation for adult education programs.
             471          (1) There is appropriated to the State Board of Education [$6,834,442 (3,407 weighted
             472      pupil units)] $8,330,167 for allocation to local school boards for adult education programs,
             473      consisting of adult high school completion and adult basic skills programs.
             474          (2) Each district shall receive its pro rata share of the appropriation for adult high school
             475      completion programs based on the number of people listed in the latest official census who are
             476      over 18 years of age and who do not have a high school diploma and prior year participation.
             477          (3) On February 1 of each school year, the State Board of Education shall recapture monies
             478      not used for an adult high school completion program for reallocation to districts that have
             479      implemented programs based on need and effort as determined by the board.
             480          (4) To the extent of monies available, school districts shall provide programs to adults who
             481      do not have a diploma and who intend to graduate from high school, with particular emphasis on
             482      homeless individuals who are seeking literacy and life skills.
             483          (5) Overruns in adult education in any district may not reduce the value of the weighted
             484      pupil unit for this program in another district.
             485          (6) The board shall provide the Legislature with a recommendation as to if and when any
             486      fees should be charged for participation in the adult high school completion programs funded
             487      under this section.
             488          (7) School districts shall spend money on adult basic skills programs according to
             489      standards established by the board.
             490          Section 10. Section 53A-17a-120 is amended to read:


             491           53A-17a-120. Appropriation for accelerated learning programs.
             492          (1) There is appropriated to the State Board of Education [$7,705,046 (3,841 weighted
             493      pupil units)] $9,507,610 for allocation to local school boards for accelerated learning programs in
             494      grades one through 12, which include programs for the gifted and talented, concurrent enrollment,
             495      and advanced placement.
             496          (2) (a) A school participating in the concurrent enrollment programs offered under Section
             497      53A-15-101 shall receive on a per student basis up to $33.33 per quarter hour or $50 per semester
             498      hour for each hour of higher education course work undertaken at the school.
             499          (b) Each year the amounts specified in Subsection (2)(a) shall be adjusted in proportion to
             500      the increase in the value of the weighted pupil unit from the prior year established in Subsection
             501      53A-17a-103 (1).
             502          (3) (a) Districts shall spend monies for these programs according to standards established
             503      by the State Board of Education in accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative
             504      Rulemaking Act.
             505          (b) The State Board of Education shall develop uniform and consistent policies for school
             506      districts to follow in utilizing advanced placement and concurrent enrollment monies.
             507          Section 11. Section 53A-17a-121 is amended to read:
             508           53A-17a-121. Appropriation for At-risk programs.
             509          (1) There is appropriated to the State Board of Education [$20,138,234 (10,039 weighted
             510      pupil units)] $24,909,715 for allocation to local school boards for [youth at risk] at-risk programs,
             511      including the following:
             512          (a) youth in custody;
             513          (b) adolescent pregnancy prevention;
             514          (c) homeless and disadvantaged minority students;
             515          (d) mathematics, engineering, and science achievement programs;
             516          (e) gang prevention and intervention; and
             517          (f) at-risk flow through.
             518          (2) Districts shall spend monies for these programs according to standards established by
             519      the State Board of Education in accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative
             520      Rulemaking Act.
             521          (3) (a) From the amount appropriated for [youth at risk] At-risk programs, the board shall


             522      allocate moneys for adolescent pregnancy prevention programs to school districts on the basis of
             523      a district's total number of students enrolled in classes as of October 1 that teach a curriculum of
             524      adolescent pregnancy prevention as compared to the total number of students enrolled in such
             525      programs in school districts throughout the state.
             526          (b) The adolescent pregnancy prevention programs funded under this subsection shall
             527      require written consent from parents or guardians for student participation, involve parents or
             528      guardians of participating students in a substantial and consistent manner, and comply with the
             529      requirements of Sections 76-7-321 through 76-7-325 .
             530          (c) To qualify for participation in the program, a district shall demonstrate to the state
             531      board through prior research and pilot studies with similar student populations that those students
             532      attained and retained knowledge, values, attitudes, and behaviors that promote abstinence from
             533      sexual activity before marriage, and that the students had a lower pregnancy rate than comparison
             534      groups that did not participate in the program.
             535          (d) Further qualification requires approval by the local board and state board of all
             536      teaching materials, handouts, media materials, audiovisual materials, textbooks, curriculum
             537      materials, and course outlines to be used in the program.
             538          (e) The state board may not use a district's participation in the adolescent pregnancy
             539      prevention program as an offset against the district's historical proportionate share of the remaining
             540      fund balance.
             541          (f) A school district may spend any additional [moneys] monies allocated for adolescent
             542      pregnancy prevention programs as long as the programs comply with the guidelines established
             543      in Subsections (3)(b), (c), and (d), if the need for such a program is greater than the allocation
             544      received under Subsection (3)(a).
             545          (4) (a) From the amount appropriated for youth at risk programs, the board shall allocate
             546      moneys to school districts for homeless and disadvantaged minority students.
             547          (b) Each district shall receive its allocation on the basis of:
             548          (i) the total number of homeless students in the district;
             549          (ii) added to 50% of the number of disadvantaged minority students in the district;
             550          (iii) multiplying the total of Subsections (4)(b)(i) and (ii) by the value of the weighted
             551      pupil unit; and
             552          (iv) prorating the amount under Subsection (4)(b)(iii) to the amount in Subsection (4)(a).


             553          (5) (a) From the amount appropriated for [youth at risk] at-risk programs, the board shall
             554      allocate [moneys] monies for mathematics, engineering, and science achievement programs,
             555      MESA programs, in the districts.
             556          (b) The board shall make the distribution to school districts on a competitive basis by
             557      application under guidelines established by the board.
             558          (6) (a) From the amount appropriated for [youth at risk] at-risk programs, the board shall
             559      distribute moneys for gang prevention and intervention programs at the district or school level.
             560          (b) The board shall make the distribution to school districts under guidelines established
             561      by the board consistent with Section 53A-15-601 .
             562          (7) (a) From the amount appropriated for [youth at risk] at-risk programs, the board shall
             563      distribute moneys for programs for youth in custody.
             564          (b) The board shall allocate these moneys to school districts which operate programs for
             565      youth in custody in accordance with standards established by the board.
             566          (8) From the amount appropriated for [youth] at-risk programs, the board shall allocate
             567      monies based on:
             568          (a) a formula which takes into account prior year WPU's per district and a district's low
             569      income population; and
             570          (b) a minimum base of no less than $18,600 for small school districts.
             571          Section 12. Section 53A-17a-123 is repealed and reenacted to read:
             572          53A-17a-123. State contribution for local discretionary block grant program.
             573          (1) There is appropriated to the State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July
             574      1, 2001, $49,821,560 for a local discretionary block grant program comprised of the following
             575      components:
             576          (a) truancy intervention and prevention;
             577          (b) an unrestricted local program;
             578          (c) incentives for excellence;
             579          (d) the Educational Technology Initiative;
             580          (e) character education;
             581          (f) school nurses;
             582          (g) alternative middle schools;
             583          (h) reading initiative;


             584          (i) experimental-developmental programs; and
             585          (j) a local discretionary program.
             586          (2) The board shall distribute the appropriation on the basis of the intent language provided
             587      under Subsection (3) of the Intent Language provision of this act.
             588          (3) Notwithstanding current statutory provisions for programs in the local discretionary
             589      block grant and the special population programs, which are Families, Agencies, and Communities
             590      Together, Alternative Language Services, Highly Impacted Schools, At-risk Programs, Adult
             591      Education and Accelerated Learning, and with the exception of those programs for which funds
             592      are awarded based on successful completion through a request of proposal, a school district may
             593      spend the allocation for any or all programs within the appropriated block.
             594          Section 13. Section 53A-17a-124 is amended to read:
             595           53A-17a-124. State contributions to professional development.
             596          (1) There is appropriated to the State Board of Education [$48,651,518 (24,253 weighted
             597      pupil units)] for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, $73,553,836 for teacher professional
             598      development programs and teacher career ladders for distribution to school districts [in accordance
             599      with career ladder guidelines provided by the state board and Title 53A, Chapter 9] on the basis
             600      of each district's total weighted pupil units in kindergarten, grades one through 12, and the
             601      necessarily existent small schools portions of the Minimum School Program as compared to the
             602      state total.
             603          [(a) The state board shall distribute the appropriation, upon application, to each local
             604      school board by a formula based on the average of equal weighting considerations for:]
             605          [(i) a district's prior year average daily membership;]
             606          [(ii) the total number of teachers employed by a district during the prior year; and]
             607          [(iii) weighted pupil units allocated to the district.]
             608          [(b) The Legislature shall provide for an annual adjustment in the career ladder
             609      appropriation in proportion to:]
             610          [(i) the increase in the value of the weighted pupil unit established in this chapter; and]
             611          [(ii) the increase in the number of students in the state over the prior year.]
             612          (2) Each school district [participating in the career ladder program] may spend career
             613      ladder monies:
             614          (a) to pay a performance bonus to teachers judged by the district as being outstanding in


             615      regular classroom performance;
             616          (b) (i) for additional nonteaching days for teachers to devote to curriculum development,
             617      inservice training, preparation, and related activities;
             618          (ii) a local board of education may specifically use from the career ladder appropriation
             619      an amount equivalent to $300 per eligible teacher per year for approved inservice costs, for daily
             620      stipends, for per diem expenses, and for eligible teacher trainers; and
             621          (c) for negotiated additional teacher compensation for extending the length of the
             622      instructional day or the number of instructional days.
             623          (3) Of the amount appropriated, $15,000,000 shall be distributed by the State Board of
             624      Education for teacher professional development days beyond the regular school year under Section
             625      53A-3-701 and standards established by the board in accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah
             626      Administrative Procedures Act.
             627          Section 14. Section 53A-17a-124.5 is amended to read:
             628           53A-17a-124.5. Appropriation for class size reduction.
             629          (1) There is appropriated to the State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July
             630      1, [2000, $59,331,462] 2001, $62,407,470 (29,577 weighted pupil units) to reduce the average
             631      class size in kindergarten through the eighth grade in the state's public schools.
             632          (2) Each district shall receive its allocation based upon prior year average daily
             633      membership in kindergarten through grade eight plus growth as determined under Subsection
             634      53A-17a-106 (3) as compared to the state total.
             635          (3) (a) A district may use its allocation to reduce class size in any one or all of the grades
             636      referred to under this section, except as otherwise provided in Subsection (3)(b).
             637          (b) (i) Each district shall use 50% of its allocation to reduce class size in any one or all
             638      of grades kindergarten through grade two, with an emphasis on improving student reading skills.
             639          (ii) If a district's average class size is below 18 in grades kindergarten through two, it may
             640      petition the state board for, and the state board may grant, a waiver to use its allocation under
             641      Subsection (3)(b)(i) for class size reduction in the other grades.
             642          (4) Schools may use nontraditional innovative and creative methods to reduce class sizes
             643      with this appropriation and may use part of their allocation to focus on class size reduction for
             644      specific groups, such as at risk students, or for specific blocks of time during the school day.
             645          (5) (a) A school district may use up to 20% of its allocation under Subsection (1) for


             646      capital facilities projects if such projects would help to reduce class size.
             647          (b) If a school district's student population increases by 5% or 700 students from the
             648      previous school year, the school district may use up to 50% of any allocation it receives under this
             649      section for classroom construction.
             650          (6) This appropriation is to supplement any other appropriation made for class size
             651      reduction.
             652          (7) (a) The State Board of Education shall compile information on class size, both in
             653      average student-teacher ratios and in actual number of students enrolled in each classroom by
             654      grade level for elementary grades and by subject matter for secondary grades.
             655          (b) The State Board of Education shall establish uniform class size reporting rules among
             656      districts.
             657          (c) Provisions may be made for explaining special circumstances where class size exceeds
             658      or is below normal distributions.
             659          (8) (a) Each school district shall provide annually to the state superintendent of public
             660      instruction a summary report on the overall district plan for utilizing class size reduction funds
             661      provided by the Legislature.
             662          (b) If the district has received new additional class size reduction funds during the previous
             663      year, the district shall report data identifying how:
             664          (i) the use of the funds complies with legislative intent; and
             665          (ii) the use of the funds supplements the district's class size reduction plan.
             666          (9) The Legislature shall provide for an annual adjustment in the appropriation authorized
             667      under this section in proportion to the increase in the number of students in the state in
             668      kindergarten through grade eight.
             669          Section 15. Section 53A-17a-125 is amended to read:
             670           53A-17a-125. Appropriation for retirement and social security.
             671          (1) There is appropriated to the State Board of Education [$253,325,728] for the fiscal year
             672      beginning July 1, 2001, $214,077,244 for retirement and social security costs.
             673          (2) The employee's retirement contribution shall be 1% for employees who are under the
             674      state's contributory retirement program.
             675          (3) The employer's contribution under the state's contributory retirement program is
             676      determined under Section 49-2-301 , subject to the 1% contribution under Subsection (2).


             677          (4) The employer-employee contribution rate for employees who are under the state's
             678      noncontributory retirement program is determined under Section 49-3-301 .
             679          Section 16. Section 53A-17a-126 is amended to read:
             680           53A-17a-126. State support of pupil transportation -- Incentives to increase economy
             681      and productivity in student transportation.
             682          (1) The state's contribution of [$53,236,772] $55,517,261 for state-supported
             683      transportation of public school students is apportioned and distributed in accordance with Section
             684      53A-17a-127 , except as otherwise provided in this section.
             685          (2) (a) Included in the appropriation under Subsection (1) is an amount not less than
             686      [$1,710,235] $1,914,400 to be deducted prior to any other distribution under this section to school
             687      districts, and allocated to the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind to pay transportation costs
             688      of the schools' students.
             689          (b) The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind shall utilize these funds to pay for
             690      transportation of their students based on current valid contractual arrangements and best
             691      transportation options and methods as determined by the schools.
             692          (c) All student transportation costs of the schools shall be paid from the allocation received
             693      under Subsection (2).
             694          (3) Each district shall receive its approved transportation costs, except that if during the
             695      fiscal year the total transportation allowance for all districts exceeds the amount appropriated, all
             696      allowances shall be reduced pro rata to equal not more than that amount.
             697          (4) Included in the appropriation under Subsection (1) is an amount of $187,000 for
             698      transportation of students, as approved by the state board, for school districts that consolidate
             699      schools, implement double session programs at the elementary level, or utilize other alternatives
             700      to building construction that require additional student transportation.
             701          (5) (a) Part of the state's contribution for transportation, not to exceed $200,000, may be
             702      used as an incentive for districts to increase economy and productivity in student transportation.
             703          (b) This amount is distributed on a pro rata basis among districts which have achieved the
             704      most efficiency according to the state formula.
             705          (c) Districts receiving the incentive funding may expend the monies at the discretion of
             706      the local school board.
             707          (6) (a) Local school boards shall provide salary adjustments to employee groups that work


             708      with the transportation of students comparable to those of classified employees authorized under
             709      Section 53A-17a-137 , when dividing the weighted pupil unit for salary adjustment purposes.
             710          (b) The State Board of Education shall conduct a study to evaluate the reimbursement
             711      system of funding for pupil transportation with emphasis on looking at methodologies that will
             712      provide incentives for districts that will encourage economical practices.
             713          Section 17. Section 53A-17a-131.2 is amended to read:
             714           53A-17a-131.2. State contribution to highly impacted schools program.
             715          The state's contribution of [$4,873,207] $5,123,207 for the Highly Impacted Schools
             716      Program for the fiscal year beginning July 1, [2000] 2001, is appropriated to the State Board of
             717      Education for distribution according to the formula adopted by the board under Section
             718      53A-15-701 , which authorizes the Highly Impacted Schools Program.
             719          Section 18. Section 53A-17a-131.4 is amended to read:
             720           53A-17a-131.4. State contribution to Alternative Language Services Program.
             721          (1) The state's contribution of [$3,328,564] $3,528,564 for an Alternative Language
             722      Services Program for the fiscal year beginning July 1, [2000] 2001, is appropriated to the State
             723      Board of Education as a funding base for school districts to meet the limited-English-proficient
             724      and second language acquisition needs of Utah's language minority student population.
             725          (2) The board shall allocate the appropriation to school districts based on submission of
             726      grant applications and assurances of and compliance with qualifying criteria established by the
             727      state board pursuant to its rulemaking authority.
             728          Section 19. Section 53A-17a-131.9 is amended to read:
             729           53A-17a-131.9. State contribution to agencies coming together for children and
             730      youth at risk.
             731          (1) There is appropriated $1,250,670 to the State Board of Education for the fiscal year
             732      beginning July 1, [2000] 2001, to [implement] maintain Title 63, Chapter 75, Families, Agencies,
             733      and Communities Together for Children and Youth At Risk Act.
             734          (2) Participation in the at risk programs funded under this section shall require consent
             735      from a parent or legal guardian for the participant to receive initial or continuing services under
             736      the program.
             737          (3) A participant's parent or legal guardian shall be actively involved in the program and
             738      all applicable state and federal laws and regulations shall be observed by the entities and


             739      individuals providing the services.
             740          (4) The board shall use the appropriation to experiment on a community full-service
             741      delivery system level to provide data on the merits of moving the concept to a fully implemented
             742      statewide system.
             743          Section 20. Section 53A-17a-131.13 is amended to read:
             744           53A-17a-131.13. State contribution to guarantee transportation levy.
             745          The state's contribution of [$225,000] $500,000 to the guarantee transportation levy
             746      program for the fiscal year beginning July 1, [2000] 2001, is appropriated to the State Board of
             747      Education for distribution to school districts according to guidelines established by the board in
             748      accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
             749          Section 21. Section 53A-17a-131.15 is repealed and reenacted to read:
             750          53A-17a-131.15. State contribution for the Electronic High School.
             751          The state's contribution of $200,000 for the Electronic High School for the fiscal year
             752      beginning July 1, 2001, is appropriated to the State Board of Education for distribution to the
             753      school according to guidelines established by the board in accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a,
             754      Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
             755          Section 22. Section 53A-17a-131.16 is repealed and reenacted to read:
             756          53A-17a-131.16. State contribution for school district hold harmless program.
             757          (1) The state's contribution of $3,897,110 for a school district hold harmless program for
             758      the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, is appropriated to the State Board of Education for
             759      distribution to school districts impacted by the block grant programs established under this chapter
             760      for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001.
             761          (2) The board shall allocate the appropriation to the following school districts and the Utah
             762      Schools for the Deaf and the Blind as provided in this Subsection (2):
             763              Beaver             $67,019
             764              Cache                $31,416
             765              Carbon            $151,415
             766              Daggett            $86,354
             767              Davis                $6,368
             768              Duchesne            $83,141
             769              Emery                $78,769


             770              Garfield            $51,188
             771              Grand                $146,213
             772              Granite            $379,456
             773              Iron                $268,325
             774              Juab                $81,005
             775              Kane                $55,085
             776              Millard            $176,251
             777              Morgan            $75,443
             778              Nebo                $15,333
             779              North Sanpete            $222,804
             780              North Summit        $84,095
             781              Park City            $62,226
             782              Piute                $80,627
             783              Rich                $78,542
             784              San Juan            $82,539
             785              Sevier                $42,898
             786              South Sanpete            $74,388
             787              South Summit        $73,910
             788              Tintic                $80,932
             789              Uintah                $113,827
             790              Wasatch            $102,531
             791              Wayne            $81,079
             792              Weber                $8,670
             793              Salt Lake City            $170,919
             794              Ogden                $412,576
             795              Provo                $132,060
             796              Logan                $123,326
             797              Murray            $54,156
             798              Utah Schools for the
             799              Deaf and the Blind        $62,224
             800          Section 23. Section 53A-17a-131.17 is amended to read:


             801           53A-17a-131.17. State contribution for a School Land Trust Program.
             802          The state's contribution of [$4,775,000] $5,200,000 or the amount as determined by
             803      Subsections 53A-16-101.5 (1), (2), and (3) for a School Land Trust Program for the fiscal year
             804      beginning July 1, [2000] 2001, is appropriated to the State Board of Education for distribution to
             805      school districts according to guidelines established by the board in accordance with Title 63,
             806      Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
             807          Section 24. Section 53A-17a-131.19 is repealed and reenacted to read:
             808          53A-17a-131.19. State contribution to math and science beginning teacher
             809      recruitment program.
             810          The state's contribution of $2,400,000 for a math and science beginning teacher recruitment
             811      program, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, is appropriated to the State Board of Education
             812      for distribution according to Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 6, Public Education Job Enhancement
             813      Program.
             814          Section 25. Section 53A-17a-132 is amended to read:
             815           53A-17a-132. Experimental and developmental programs.
             816          (1) The state's contribution of [$5,933,056] $3,102,369 for experimental and
             817      developmental programs for the fiscal year beginning July 1, [2000] 2001, is appropriated to the
             818      State Board of Education for distribution to school districts [as follows: (a) the board shall
             819      distribute the first part, 34% of the appropriation, equally among the state's 40 school districts; (b)
             820      the board shall distribute the second part, 41% of the appropriation, to each district on the basis
             821      of its kindergarten through grade 12 average daily membership for the prior year as compared to
             822      the prior year state total kindergarten through grade 12 average daily membership; and (c) the
             823      board shall distribute 25% of the appropriation] pursuant to standards established by the board in
             824      accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
             825          (2) (a) A school district may fund a new experimental or developmental program with
             826      monies appropriated under Subsection (1) for a maximum of three consecutive years.
             827          (b) After the third year, the district shall either fund the program with regular ongoing
             828      program monies or terminate the program.
             829          (3) (a) The State Board of Education shall allocate $100,000 of the
             830      experimental-developmental appropriation for programs to improve the efficiency of classified
             831      employees in the public schools.


             832          (b) The programs should include training components, classified staffing formulas, and
             833      preventative maintenance formulas.
             834          (4) (a) The State Board of Education shall allocate $584,900 of the appropriation for the
             835      planning, development, and implementation of alternative experimental pilot programs, using
             836      licensed teachers, which are cooperative ventures that have demonstrated support of parents, the
             837      recognized teachers' organization, administrators, and students.
             838          (b) The State Board of Education shall select schools for the pilot programs by a grant
             839      process using selection criteria developed by the state board.
             840          (5) Models for experimental activities similar to the nine district consortium activities are
             841      permissible under the experimental and developmental appropriation.
             842          Section 26. Section 53A-17a-133 is amended to read:
             843           53A-17a-133. State-supported voted leeway program authorized -- Election
             844      requirements -- State guarantee -- Reconsideration of the program.
             845          (1) An election to consider adoption or modification of a voted leeway program is required
             846      if initiative petitions signed by 10% of the number of electors who voted at the last preceding
             847      general election are presented to the local school board or by action of the board.
             848          (2) (a) To establish a voted leeway program, a majority of the electors of a district voting
             849      at an election in the manner set forth in Section 53A-16-110 must vote in favor of a special tax.
             850          (b) The district may maintain a school program which exceeds the cost of the program
             851      referred to in Section 53A-17a-145 with this voted leeway.
             852          (c) In order to receive state support the first year, a district must receive voter approval no
             853      later than December 1 of the year prior to implementation.
             854          (d) The additional program is the state-supported voted leeway program of the district.
             855          (3) (a) [(i)] Under the voted leeway program, the state shall contribute an amount sufficient
             856      to guarantee [$12] $17.14 per weighted pupil unit for each .0001 of the first [.0004] .0016 per
             857      dollar of taxable value.
             858          [(ii) The guarantee shall apply to the first .0006 per dollar of taxable value beginning July
             859      1, 1996, and shall apply to an additional .0002 per dollar of taxable value each year thereafter so
             860      that the guarantee shall apply to the first .0016 of taxable value beginning July 1, 2001, and for
             861      each year thereafter.]
             862          (b) [(i)] The same dollar amount guarantee per weighted pupil unit for the [.0004] .0016


             863      per dollar of taxable value under Subsection (3)(a) shall apply to the board-approved leeway
             864      authorized in Section 53A-17a-134 , so that the guarantee shall apply up to a total of [.0008] .002
             865      per dollar of taxable value if a school district levies a tax rate [of up to .0004 in] under both
             866      programs.
             867          [(ii) Beginning July 1, 1996, if a district levies up to.0006 in the voted leeway program and
             868      up to .0004 in the board leeway program, the guarantee shall apply up to a total of .001 for both
             869      programs and shall apply to an additional .0002 per dollar of taxable value each year thereafter
             870      through July 1, 2001, as described in Subsection (3)(a)(ii) so that the guarantee shall apply up to
             871      a total of.002 per dollar of taxable value beginning July 1, 2001, and for each year thereafter.]
             872          (c) (i) Beginning July 1, [1997] 2002, the [$12] $17.14 guarantee under Subsections (3)(a)
             873      and (b) shall be indexed each year to the value of the weighted pupil unit by making the value of
             874      the guarantee equal to [.0075] .009044 times the value of the prior year's weighted pupil unit.
             875          (ii) The guarantee shall increase by .0005 times the value of the prior year's weighted pupil
             876      unit for each succeeding year until the guarantee is equal to .010544 times the value of the prior
             877      year's weighted pupil unit.
             878          (d) (i) The amount of state guarantee money to which a school district would otherwise
             879      be entitled to under Subsection (3) may not be reduced for the sole reason that the district's levy
             880      is reduced as a consequence of changes in the certified tax rate under Section 59-2-924 pursuant
             881      to changes in property valuation.
             882          (ii) Subsection (3)(d)(i) applies for a period of two years following any such change in the
             883      certified tax rate.
             884          (4) (a) An election to modify an existing voted leeway program is not a reconsideration
             885      of the existing program unless the proposition submitted to the electors expressly so states.
             886          (b) A majority vote opposing a modification does not deprive the district of authority to
             887      continue an existing program.
             888          (c) If adoption of a leeway program is contingent upon an offset reducing other local
             889      school board levies, the board must allow the electors, in an election, to consider modifying or
             890      discontinuing the program prior to a subsequent increase in other levies that would increase the
             891      total local school board levy.
             892          (d) Nothing contained in this section terminates, without an election, the authority of a
             893      school district to continue an existing voted leeway program previously authorized by the voters.


             894          Section 27. Section 53A-17a-134 is amended to read:
             895           53A-17a-134. Board-approved leeway -- Purpose -- State support -- Disapproval.
             896          (1) Each local school board may levy a tax rate of up to .0004 per dollar of taxable value
             897      to maintain a school program above the cost of the basic school program as follows:
             898          (a) a local school board shall use the monies generated by the tax for class size reduction
             899      within the school district;
             900          (b) if a local school board determines that the average class size in the school district is
             901      not excessive, it may use the monies for other school purposes but only if the board has declared
             902      the use for other school purposes in a public meeting prior to levying the tax rate; and
             903          (c) a district may not use the monies for other school purposes under Subsection (1)(b)
             904      until it has certified in writing that its class size needs are already being met and has identified the
             905      other school purposes for which the monies will be used to the State Board of Education and the
             906      state board has approved their use for other school purposes.
             907          (2) (a) The state shall contribute an amount sufficient to guarantee [$21.50] $17.14 per
             908      weighted pupil unit for each [.0002] .0001 per dollar of taxable value.
             909          (b) The guarantee shall increase in the same [years and for the same amounts] manner as
             910      provided for the voted leeway guarantee in [Section] Subsections 53A-17a-133 (3)(c)(i) and (ii).
             911          (3) The levy authorized under this section is not in addition to the maximum rate of .002
             912      authorized in Section 53A-17a-133 , but is a board-authorized component of the total tax rate under
             913      that section.
             914          (4) As an exception to Section 53A-17a-133 , the board-authorized levy does not require
             915      voter approval, but the board may require voter approval if requested by a majority of the board.
             916          (5) An election to consider disapproval of the board-authorized levy is required, if within
             917      60 days after the levy is established by the board, referendum petitions signed by the number of
             918      legal voters required in Section 20A-7-301 , who reside within the school district, are filed with the
             919      school district.
             920          (6) (a) A local school board shall establish its board-approved levy by April 1 to have the
             921      levy apply to the fiscal year beginning July 1 in that same calendar year except that if an election
             922      is required under this section, the levy applies to the fiscal year beginning July 1 of the next
             923      calendar year.
             924          (b) The approval and disapproval votes authorized in Subsections (4) and (5) shall occur


             925      at a general election in even-numbered years, except that a vote required under this section in
             926      odd-numbered years shall occur at a special election held on a day in odd-numbered years that
             927      corresponds to the general election date. The school district shall pay for the cost of a special
             928      election.
             929          (7) (a) Modification or termination of a voter-approved leeway rate authorized under this
             930      section is governed by Section 53A-17a-133 .
             931          (b) A board-authorized leeway rate may be modified or terminated by a majority vote of
             932      the board subject to disapproval procedures specified in this section.
             933          (8) A board levy election does not require publication of a voter information pamphlet.
             934          Section 28. Section 53A-17a-135 is amended to read:
             935           53A-17a-135. Certified revenue levy.
             936          (1) (a) In order to qualify for receipt of the state contribution toward the basic program and
             937      as its contribution toward its costs of the basic program, each school district shall impose a
             938      minimum basic tax rate per dollar of taxable value that generates [$189,329,826] $196,908,771
             939      in revenues statewide.
             940          (b) The preliminary estimate for the [2000-01] 2001-02 tax rate is [.001845] .001768.
             941          (c) The State Tax Commission shall certify on or before June 22 the rate that generates
             942      [$189,329,826] $196,908,771 in revenues statewide.
             943          (d) If the minimum basic tax rate exceeds the certified revenue levy as defined in Section
             944      59-2-102 , the state is subject to the notice requirements of Section 59-2-926 .
             945          (e) For the calendar year beginning on January 1, 1998, and ending December 31, 1998,
             946      the certified revenue levy shall be increased by the amount necessary to offset the decrease in
             947      revenues from uniform fees on tangible personal property under Section 59-2-405 as a result of
             948      the decrease in uniform fees on tangible personal property under Section 59-2-405 enacted by the
             949      Legislature during the 1997 Annual General Session.
             950          (f) For the calendar year beginning on January 1, 1999, and ending on December 31, 1999,
             951      the certified revenue levy shall be adjusted by the amount necessary to offset the adjustment in
             952      revenues from uniform fees on tangible personal property under Section 59-2-405.1 as a result of
             953      the adjustment in uniform fees on tangible personal property under Section 59-2-405.1 enacted by
             954      the Legislature during the 1998 Annual General Session.
             955          (2) (a) The state shall contribute to each district toward the cost of the basic program in


             956      the district that portion which exceeds the proceeds of the levy authorized under Subsection (1).
             957          (b) In accord with the state strategic plan for public education and to fulfill its
             958      responsibility for the development and implementation of that plan, the Legislature instructs the
             959      State Board of Education, the governor, and the Office of Legislative Fiscal Analyst in each of the
             960      coming five years to develop budgets that will fully fund student enrollment growth.
             961          (3) (a) If the proceeds of the levy authorized under Subsection (1) equal or exceed the cost
             962      of the basic program in a school district, no state contribution shall be made to the basic program.
             963          (b) The proceeds of the levy authorized under Subsection (1) which exceed the cost of the
             964      basic program shall be paid into the Uniform School Fund as provided by law.
             965          Section 29. Section 53A-21-105 is amended to read:
             966           53A-21-105. State contribution to capital outlay programs.
             967          The state contribution toward the cost of the programs established under Section
             968      53A-21-102 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, [2000] 2001, shall consist of an appropriation
             969      totaling [$28,358,000] $38,358,000 to the State Board of Education from the Uniform School
             970      Fund.
             971          Section 30. Repealer.
             972          This act repeals:
             973          Section 53A-17a-124.1, State contribution for staff development -- Training on
             974      personalized education plans.
             975          Section 53A-17a-128, Contingency fund for State Board of Education -- Laboratory
             976      school at Utah State University.
             977          Section 53A-17a-129, State contribution for incentives for excellence.
             978          Section 53A-17a-130, State contribution to regional service centers.
             979          Section 53A-17a-131.1, State contribution to the educational technology initiative.
             980          Section 53A-17a-131.3, State contributions to the school nurses program.
             981          Section 53A-17a-131.6, State contribution to Character Education Program.
             982          Section 53A-17a-131.8, State contribution to the Comprehensive Guidance Program.
             983          Section 53A-17a-131.11, State contribution to truancy intervention and prevention.
             984          Section 53A-17a-131.12, State contribution to Technology, Life, Careers, and
             985      Work-based Learning Programs.
             986          Section 53A-17a-131.14, State contribution for reading initiative program.


             987          Section 53A-17a-131.18, State contribution for assessment and accountability
             988      program.
             989          Section 31. One-time appropriations.
             990          In addition to the contributions and appropriations set out in Title 53A, Chapter 17a,
             991      Minimum School Program Act, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, there is appropriated
             992      from the Uniform School Fund to the State Board of Education for distribution to school districts
             993      for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, $24,785,000 in one-time nonlapsing monies as follows:
             994          (1) $1,375,000 for applied technology-district equipment;
             995          (2) $1,060,000 to the Schools for the 21st Century Program;
             996          (3) $7,500,000 to the Math and Science Beginning Teacher Recruitment Program;
             997          (4) $8,250,000 for the Educational Technology Initiative;
             998          (5) $3,800,000 for Library Media Programs; and
             999          (6) $2,800,000 for Staff Development Programs.
             1000          Section 32. Intent language.
             1001          (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that pregnancy prevention programs in public schools
             1002      must stress the importance of abstinence from all sexual activity before marriage and fidelity after
             1003      marriage as methods for preventing certain communicable diseases.
             1004          (2) It is the intent of the Legislature that programs that have been block granted by the
             1005      2001 Legislature and are no longer calculated with weighted pupil units be given priority for
             1006      equivalent weighted pupil unit increases when considering compensation or weighted pupil unit
             1007      increases by the 2002 Legislature.
             1008          (3) (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that school districts meet existing spending criteria
             1009      and requirements specific to those programs included within block grant categories and for which
             1010      the local board of education chooses to expend block grant funds.
             1011          (b) It is the further intent of the Legislature that school districts report the expenditure of
             1012      block grant funds to the degree of specificity and detail established by the Utah State Board of
             1013      Education and sufficient to meet the intent of the Legislature as articulated in this Section (3).
             1014          (c) It is the further intent of the Legislature that block grant funds shall be allocated to
             1015      school districts proportionately based upon the district's total weighted pupil units in kindergarten,
             1016      grades one through 12, and the necessarily existent small schools portions of the Minimum School
             1017      Basic Program.


             1018          (4) (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the State Office of Education convene a
             1019      representative committee to study the needs of English Language Learners (ELL students) in Utah
             1020      and related issues.
             1021          (b) It is the further intent of the Legislature that the committee report to the Education
             1022      Interim Committee by November 2001.
             1023          (5) It is the intent of the Legislature that $72,000 of the one-time appropriation of
             1024      $8,250,000 for the Educational Technology Initiative be transferred to the Utah Schools for the
             1025      Deaf and the Blind for fiscal year 2002.
             1026          (6) It is the intent of the Legislature that no more than $70,000 of the monies appropriated
             1027      to fund the School LAND Trust program shall be expended for administration of the program each
             1028      year.
             1029          (7) It is the intent of the Legislature that with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001 and
             1030      for subsequent years the State Office of Education may use carry forward funds from the Minimum
             1031      School Program to pay school districts the amount necessary to make them whole for any support
             1032      in subsidizing a charter school for students for whom the district does not receive appropriate state
             1033      or federal funding.
             1034          Section 33. Effective date.
             1035          This act takes effect on July 1, 2001.
             1036          Section 34. Coordination clause.
             1037          (1) If this bill and S.B. 35, Public Education Capital Outlay Act Amendments, both pass,
             1038      it is the intent of the Legislature that the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, in
             1039      preparing the Utah Code database for publication, insert the amendments to Section 53A-21-105
             1040      in this bill as they supercede the amendments to that section in S.B. 35.
             1041          (2) If this bill and H.B. 38, School District Voted Leeway Amendments, both pass, it is
             1042      the intent of the Legislature that the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, in
             1043      preparing the Utah Code database for publication, insert the amendments to Sections 53A-17a-133
             1044      and 53A-17a-134 in this bill as they supercede the amendments to those sections in H.B. 38.
             1045          (3) (a) If this bill and S.B. 61, Enhancements to the State Systems of Public and Higher
             1046      Education, both pass, it the intent of the Legislature that the appropriations in Section
             1047      53A-17a-131.19 and Section 30, Item (4), One-time appropriations, of this act shall supercede:
             1048          (i) the appropriations in Subsections (2)(a) and (b) of the Appropriation Section 8 of S.B.


             1049      61; and
             1050          (ii) that part of the Effective date provision of Section 9 in S.B. 61 that would have Section
             1051      (2)(b) of Appropriations Section 8 become effective May 1, 2001.
             1052          (b) The net effect of Subsection (3)(a) is to remove the appropriations for the Public
             1053      Education Job Enhancement Program from S.B. 61 and have the program funded under the
             1054      appropriations provisions of H.B. 3 referred to in Subsection (3)(a).


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