H.B. 44

1

USE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION MONIES
2 2004 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Patricia W. Jones
5 Steven R. Mascaro 6
7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill appropriates an additional $88,000,000 to the State System of Public
10 Education for the Interventions for Student Success Block Grant Program.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 . appropriates $88,000,000 to the State Board of Education for the Interventions for
14 Student Success Block Grant Program; and
15 . designates the appropriation as an ongoing appropriation.
16 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
17 This bill appropriates:
18 . $88,000,000 to the State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
19 2004, as an ongoing appropriation, for the Interventions for Student Success Block
20 Grant Program.
21 Other Special Clauses:
22 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2004.
23 Utah Code Sections Affected:
24 AMENDS:
25 53A-17a-123.5, as last amended by Chapter 320, Laws of Utah 2003
26
27 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:

28 Section 1. Section 53A-17a-123.5 is amended to read:
29 53A-17a-123.5. Interventions for Student Success Block Grant Program -- State
30 contribution.
31 (1) (a) The Interventions for Student Success Block Grant Program shall consist of:
32 (i) the money appropriated for the Interventions for Student Success Block Grant
33 Program in Section 53A-17a-104 ; and
34 (ii) subject to future budget constraints, there is appropriated, as an ongoing
35 appropriation, to the State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004,
36 $88,000,000 for the Interventions for Student Success Block Grant Program.
37 [(1)] (b) The State Board of Education shall distribute money appropriated for the
38 Interventions for Student Success Block Grant Program in [Section 53A-17a-104 ] Subsection
39 (1)(a) to school districts and charter schools according to a formula adopted by the board, after
40 consultation with school districts and charter schools, that allocates the funding in a fair and
41 equitable manner.
42 (2) Schools districts and charter schools shall use Interventions for Student Success
43 Block Grant monies to improve student academic success, with priority given to interventions
44 on behalf of students not performing to standards as determined by U-PASS test results.
45 (3) (a) Each school district shall develop a plan for the expenditure of Interventions for
46 Student Success Block Grant monies.
47 (b) The plan:
48 (i) shall specify anticipated results; and
49 (ii) may include continuing existing programs to improve students' academic success
50 for which funds were appropriated before the establishment of the block grant.
51 (c) The local school board shall approve the plan for the expenditure of the block grant
52 monies in an open public meeting before the monies are spent.
53 Section 2. Effective date.
54 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2004.

Legislative Review Note
as of 12-5-03 8:23 AM

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

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