H.B. 94

1

CLASS SIZE REDUCTION
2 2007 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Chief Sponsor: Carol Spackman Moss
5 Senate Sponsor: ____________
6
7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill modifies the minimum school program by increasing the appropriation for
10 class size reduction.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 . increases the appropriation for class size reduction; and
14 . makes technical corrections.
15 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
16 This bill appropriates for fiscal year 2007-08:
17 . $2,047,219,545 from the Uniform School Fund; and
18 . $15,000,000 from the Interest and Dividends Account.
19 Other Special Clauses:
20 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2007.
21 Utah Code Sections Affected:
22 AMENDS:
23 53A-17a-104, as last amended by Chapters 4 and 354, Laws of Utah 2006
24
25 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
26 Section 1. Section 53A-17a-104 is amended to read:
27 53A-17a-104. Amount of state's contribution toward minimum school program.

28 (1) The total contribution of the state toward the cost of the minimum school program
29 may not exceed the sum of [$2,032,219,545] $2,062,219,545 for the fiscal year beginning July
30 1, [2006] 2007, except as otherwise provided by the Legislature through supplemental
31 appropriations.
32 (2) There is appropriated from state and local funds for fiscal year [2006-07] 2007-08
33 for distribution to school districts and charter schools, in accordance with this chapter, monies
34 for the following purposes and in the following amounts:
35 (a) basic program - kindergarten, $57,234,560 (23,680 WPUs);
36 (b) basic program - grades 1-12, $1,118,053,443 (462,579 WPUs);
37 (c) basic program - professional staff, $106,128,053 (43,909 WPUs);
38 (d) basic program - administrative costs, $3,937,293 (1,629 WPUs);
39 (e) basic program - necessarily existent small schools and units for consolidated
40 schools, $18,487,633 (7,649 WPUs);
41 (f) special education - regular program - add-on WPUs for students with disabilities,
42 $136,350,221 (56,413 WPUs);
43 (g) preschool special education program, $19,717,886 (8,158 WPUs);
44 (h) self-contained regular WPUs, $32,148,517 (13,301 WPUs);
45 (i) extended year program for severely disabled, $887,039 (367 WPUs);
46 (j) special education programs in state institutions and district impact aid, $3,487,731
47 (1,443 WPUs);
48 (k) applied technology and technical education district programs, $59,934,349 (24,797
49 WPUs), including $1,045,033 for summer applied technology agriculture programs;
50 (l) applied technology district set-aside, $2,562,020 (1,060 WPUs);
51 (m) class size reduction, [$74,378,341 (30,773 WPUs)] $104,378,341 (43,185 WPUs);
52 (n) Social Security and retirement programs, $310,891,038;
53 (o) pupil transportation to and from school, $62,601,763, of which not less than
54 $2,173,569 shall be allocated to the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind to pay for
55 transportation costs of the schools' students;
56 (p) guarantee transportation levy, $500,000;
57 (q) Local Discretionary Block Grant Program, $21,820,748;
58 (r) Interventions for Student Success Block Grant Program, $16,792,888;

59 (s) Quality Teaching Block Grant Program, $62,993,704;
60 (t) highly impacted schools, $5,123,207;
61 (u) at-risk programs, $27,992,056;
62 (v) adult education, $9,148,653;
63 (w) accelerated learning programs, $12,010,853;
64 (x) electronic high school, $1,300,000;
65 (y) School LAND Trust Program, $15,000,000;
66 (z) state-supported voted leeway, $196,085,303;
67 (aa) state-supported board leeway, $54,704,476;
68 (bb) charter schools, pursuant to Section 53A-1a-513 , $21,552,450;
69 (cc) K-3 Reading Improvement Program, $12,500,000; and
70 (dd) state-supported board leeway for K-3 Reading Improvement Program,
71 $15,000,000.
72 Section 2. Effective date.
73 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2007.




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