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H.B. 193

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INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENSES REQUIREMENTS

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2007 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Gregory H. Hughes

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Senate Sponsor: ____________

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill requires school districts to spend a certain portion of General Fund
             10      expenditures on instructional expenditures.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    requires each school district to spend at least 65% of its General Fund expenditures
             14      on instructional expenditures, with certain exceptions;
             15          .    provides for waivers of the expenditure standards from the State Board of
             16      Education; and
             17          .    defines terms.
             18      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             19          None
             20      Other Special Clauses:
             21          None
             22      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             23      ENACTS:
             24          53A-3-404.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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             26      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             27          Section 1. Section 53A-3-404.5 is enacted to read:



             28          53A-3-404.5. Instructional expenditures standards.
             29          (1) As used in this section:
             30          (a) "General Fund expenditures" means expenditures accounted for in a school
             31      district's General Fund, as defined in the U.S. Department of Education publication, "Financial
             32      Accounting for Local and State School Systems."
             33          (b) "Instructional expenditures" means expenditures for instruction as defined in the
             34      U.S. Department of Education publication, "Financial Accounting for Local and State School
             35      Systems."
             36          (2) (a) Each school district shall spend at least 65% of its General Fund expenditures
             37      on instructional expenditures.
             38          (b) If a school district's instructional expenditures in fiscal year 2006-07 are less than
             39      65% of its General Fund expenditures, the school district shall increase instructional
             40      expenditures as a percent of General Fund expenditures by two percentage points per year
             41      beginning in fiscal year 2007-08.
             42          (3) (a) A school district that is unable to meet the expenditure standards established
             43      under Subsection (2) may apply to the State Board of Education for a waiver. The waiver
             44      request shall specify:
             45          (i) the reasons why the school district is unable to meet the expenditure standards; and
             46          (ii) actions the school district will take to meet the expenditure standards in the
             47      following year.
             48          (b) The State Board of Education shall grant or deny the waiver request within 60 days
             49      of receiving the request.




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