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S.B. 92

             1     

LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION IN

             2     
EDUCATION MATTERS

             3     
2009 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

             5     
Chief Sponsor: Patricia W. Jones

             6     
House Sponsor: Carol Spackman Moss

             7     
             8      LONG TITLE
             9      General Description:
             10          This bill modifies provisions regarding local governmental entity and school district
             11      cooperation in education matters.
             12      Highlighted Provisions:
             13          This bill:
             14          .    allows local governmental entities and school districts to contract and cooperate
             15      with one another in matters affecting the education of their residents;
             16          .    allows a local governmental entity to specify:
             17              .    the purpose for which public funds are disbursed to a school district; and
             18              .    that public funds disbursed to a school district shall be used within the
             19      boundaries of the local governmental entity; and
             20          .    allows a representative of county government to participate in local school board
             21      discussions.
             22      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             23          None
             24      Other Special Clauses:
             25          None
             26      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             27      AMENDS:


             28          53A-3-409, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 215
             29     
             30      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             31          Section 1. Section 53A-3-409 is amended to read:
             32           53A-3-409. Local governmental entities and school districts -- Contracts and
             33      cooperation -- Disbursement of funds -- Municipal and county representative
             34      participation in school district board meetings -- Notice required.
             35          (1) Local governmental entities and school districts may contract and cooperate with
             36      one another in matters affecting the health, welfare, education, and convenience of the
             37      inhabitants within their respective territorial limits.
             38          (2) (a) A local governmental entity may disburse public funds in aid of a school district
             39      located wholly or partially within the limits of its jurisdiction.
             40          (b) A local governmental entity may specify:
             41          (i) the purpose for which the public funds disbursed to a school district shall be used;
             42      and
             43          (ii) that public funds disbursed to a school district shall be used within the boundaries
             44      of the local governmental entity.
             45          (3) (a) A mayor or the mayor's designee of a municipality that is partly or entirely
             46      within the boundaries of a school district and the county commission chair, county executive,
             47      or county manager, or their designee, of a county with unincorporated area within the
             48      boundaries of a school district may attend and participate in the board discussions at the school
             49      district's board meetings.
             50          (b) Each local school board shall give notice of board meetings to:
             51          (i) the mayor or the mayor's designee of each municipality that is partly or entirely
             52      within the school district's boundaries[.]; and
             53          (ii) the county commission chair, county executive, or county manager, or their
             54      designee, of a county with unincorporated area within the school district's boundaries.





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