H.B. 4

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CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR SUPPLEMENTAL
2 MINIMUM SCHOOL PROGRAM BUDGET
3 ADJUSTMENTS
4 2010 GENERAL SESSION
5 STATE OF UTAH
6 Chief Sponsor: Merlynn T. Newbold
7 Senate Sponsor: Howard A. Stephenson
8
9 LONG TITLE
10 General Description:
11 This bill modifies funding for the Minimum School Program.
12 Highlighted Provisions:
13 This bill:
14 . modifies funding for the Minimum School Program in fiscal year 2009-10 as
15 follows:
16 . increases funding for educator salary adjustments, the state-supported voted
17 leeway program, and the state-supported board leeway program; and
18 . reduces funding for Social Security and retirement.
19 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
20 This bill makes appropriations to the Uniform School Fund for fiscal year 2009-10
21 only, and reduces appropriations previously made from the Uniform School Fund for
22 fiscal year 2009-10 only, resulting in a net appropriation of $0.
23 Other Special Clauses:
24 None
25 Utah Code Sections Affected:
26 AMENDS:
27 53A-17a-104, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapters 4 and 391

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29 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
30 Section 1. Section 53A-17a-104 is amended to read:
31 53A-17a-104. Amount of state's contribution toward minimum school program.
32 (1) The total contribution of the state toward the cost of the minimum school program
33 may not exceed the sum of $2,137,352,586 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, except as
34 otherwise provided by the Legislature through supplemental appropriations.
35 (2) There is appropriated from state and local funds for fiscal year 2009-10 for
36 distribution to school districts and charter schools, in accordance with this chapter, monies for
37 the following purposes and in the following amounts:
38 (a) basic program - kindergarten, $68,424,504 (26,552 WPUs);
39 (b) basic program - grades 1-12, $1,291,316,661 (501,093 WPUs);
40 (c) basic program - professional staff, $118,627,041 (46,033 WPUs);
41 (d) basic program - administrative costs, $4,174,740 (1,620 WPUs);
42 (e) basic program - necessarily existent small schools and units for consolidated
43 schools, $19,711,473 (7,649 WPUs);
44 (f) special education - regular program - add-on WPUs for students with disabilities,
45 $160,029,123 (62,099 WPUs);
46 (g) preschool special education program, $22,623,483 (8,779 WPUs);
47 (h) self-contained regular WPUs, $35,632,179 (13,827 WPUs);
48 (i) extended year program for severely disabled, $992,145 (385 WPUs);
49 (j) special education programs in state institutions and district impact aid, $4,398,939
50 (1,707 WPUs);
51 (k) career and technical education district programs, $68,656,434 (26,642 WPUs),
52 including $1,174,084 for summer career and technical education agriculture programs;
53 (l) class size reduction, $90,537,741 (35,133 WPUs);
54 (m) Social Security and retirement programs, $13,407,831;
55 (n) pupil transportation to and from school, $65,646,865, of which not less than
56 $2,584,435 shall be allocated to the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind to pay for
57 transportation costs of the schools' students;
58 (o) guarantee transportation levy, $500,000;

59 (p) Interventions for Student Success Block Grant Program, $15,000,000;
60 (q) highly impacted schools, $4,610,907;
61 (r) at-risk programs, $28,270,141;
62 (s) adult education, $9,266,146;
63 (t) accelerated learning programs, $3,566,081;
64 (u) concurrent enrollment, $8,705,286;
65 (v) High-ability Student Initiative Program, $495,000;
66 (w) English Language Learner Family Literacy Centers, $1,800,000;
67 (x) electronic high school, $2,000,000;
68 (y) School LAND Trust Program, $20,000,000;
69 (z) state supplement to local property taxes for charter schools, pursuant to Section
70 53A-1a-513 , $45,288,446;
71 (aa) charter school administrative costs, $3,677,000;
72 (bb) K-3 Reading Improvement Program, $15,000,000;
73 (cc) Public Education Job Enhancement Program, $2,187,000;
74 (dd) educator salary adjustments, [$148,260,200] $150,376,200;
75 (ee) Teacher Salary Supplement Restricted Account, $3,700,000;
76 (ff) library books and electronic resources, $500,000;
77 (gg) school nurses, $900,000;
78 (hh) critical languages, $230,000;
79 (ii) extended year for special educators, $2,610,000;
80 (jj) USTAR Centers, $6,210,000;
81 (kk) state-supported voted leeway, [$278,396,150] $289,081,750;
82 (ll) state-supported board leeway, [$73,324,640] $76,139,040; and
83 (mm) state-supported board leeway for K-3 Reading Improvement Program,
84 $15,000,000.
85 Section 2. Appropriation.
86 (1) There is appropriated from the Uniform School Fund for fiscal year 2009-10 only,
87 ($15,616,000) for Social Security and retirement as provided in Section 53A-17a-125 .
88 (2) The appropriation specified in Subsection (1) is supplemental to monies
89 appropriated for Social Security and retirement in Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 391, Section 3

90 and Uncodified Section 13.




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