H.B. 112

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ENROLLMENT GROWTH PROGRAM
2 AMENDMENTS
3 2004 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Bradley G. Last
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill modifies the funding formula for a program that provides money to school
10 districts for school building construction.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 . removes the requirement that a school district be a recipient of monies distributed
14 under the Capital Outlay Foundation Program to qualify for monies under the
15 Enrollment Growth Program; and
16 . requires school districts to have a minimum percentage increase in enrollment to
17 qualify for monies under the Enrollment Growth Program.
18 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
19 None
20 Other Special Clauses:
21 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2004.
22 Utah Code Sections Affected:
23 AMENDS:
24 53A-21-103.5, as enacted by Chapter 320, Laws of Utah 2003
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26 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27 Section 1. Section 53A-21-103.5 is amended to read:

28 53A-21-103.5. Qualifications for participation in the Enrollment Growth
29 Program -- Distribution formula -- State Board of Education rules.
30 [(1) (a) In order to qualify for monies under the Enrollment Growth Program
31 established in Section 53A-21-102 , a school district must be a recipient of monies distributed
32 under the Capital Outlay Foundation Program, except as provided in Subsection (1)(b).]
33 [(b) A school district that is not a recipient of Capital Outlay Foundation Program
34 monies in fiscal year 2003-04, fiscal year 2004-05, or both, may qualify for monies under the
35 Enrollment Growth Program if the school district received Capital Outlay Foundation Program
36 monies in fiscal year 2002-03.]
37 [(2)] (1) (a) The State Board of Education shall distribute monies in the Enrollment
38 Growth Program to [qualifying] school districts [whose] for whom the average [net] of the
39 annual percentage change in enrollment for the prior three years is a [net increase in
40 enrollment] positive 2% or more.
41 (b) The average of the annual percentage change in enrollment for the prior three years
42 shall be calculated using the last four October 1 enrollment counts before the effective date of
43 the legislative appropriation for the Enrollment Growth Program each year.
44 [(b)] (2) A school district that meets the criteria of Subsection [(2)] (1)(a) shall receive
45 Enrollment Growth Program monies in the same proportion that the district's [three-year
46 average net] increase in enrollment in the prior three years bears to the total [three-year net]
47 increase in enrollment in the prior three years of all the districts that meet the criteria of
48 Subsection [(2)] (1)(a).
49 [(c)] (3) The State Board of Education shall make rules in accordance with Title 63,
50 Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to administer this section.
51 Section 2. Effective date.
52 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2004.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-15-04 10:25 AM

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

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