Second Substitute H.B. 206

Senator John L. Valentine proposes the following substitute bill:

1 CURRICULUM OPTIONS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
2 STUDENTS
3 2012 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: John Dougall
6 Senate Sponsor: John L. Valentine
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8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill modifies the Minimum School Program Act regarding funding for a secondary
11 school student who attends a campus of the Utah College of Applied Technology.
12 Highlighted Provisions:
13 This bill:
14 . provides that, beginning with the 2011-12 school year, a secondary student who
15 attends a campus of the Utah College of Applied Technology is counted in the
16 average daily membership of the sending school district or charter school;
17 . provides that a secondary student may attend a campus of the Utah College of
18 Applied Technology if the student's technical education goals would be better
19 achieved by attending the Utah College of Applied Technology as determined by
20 the student's parent and, if the secondary student is a minor, the secondary student's
21 parent or guardian;
22 . changes appropriations for certain programs within the basic school program and
23 the flexible allocation program;
24 . sets the value of the weighted pupil unit at $2,842 for fiscal year 2012-13 for certain
25 basic school programs; and

26 . makes technical amendments.
27 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
28 None
29 Other Special Clauses:
30 This bill provides an effective date.
31 This bill provides for retrospective operation.
32 This bill coordinates with S.B. 2 by providing superseding substantive amendments.
33 Utah Code Sections Affected:
34 AMENDS:
35 53A-17a-114, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 7
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37 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
38 Section 1. Section 53A-17a-114 is amended to read:
39 53A-17a-114. Career and technical education program alternatives.
40 [If a school district determines that a secondary student's career and technical education
41 goals are better achieved at a regional applied technology college] (1) A secondary student
42 may attend a campus of the Utah College of Applied Technology created under Title 53B,
43 Chapter 2a, Utah College of Applied Technology, [the student may attend that institution.] if
44 the secondary student's career and technical education goals are better achieved by attending
45 the Utah College of Applied Technology as determined by:
46 (a) the secondary student; and
47 (b) if the secondary student is a minor, the secondary student's parent or legal guardian.
48 (2) Beginning with the school year that occurs during the fiscal year that begins on July
49 1, 2011 and ends on June 30, 2012, a secondary student served under this section in a campus
50 of the Utah College of Applied Technology shall be counted in the average daily membership
51 of the sending school district or charter school.
52 Section 2. Appropriations for programs that support school districts and charter
53 schools -- Value of the weighted pupil unit.
54 (1) Under the terms and conditions of Utah Code Title 63J, Chapter 1, as applicable,
55 the following sums of money are appropriated from resources not otherwise appropriated, or
56 reduced from amounts previously appropriated, out of the funds or fund accounts indicated for

57 distribution to state education agencies, school districts, and charter schools for the fiscal year
58 beginning July 1, 2012 and ending June 30, 2013. These appropriations are additions to
59 amounts previously appropriated for fiscal year 2012-13.
60 (2) The value of each weighted pupil unit (WPU) for fiscal year 2012-13 is changed
61 over the value of the WPU for fiscal year 2012-13 established in S.B. 2, Public Education
62 Budget Amendments, for a total WPU value of:
63 (a) $2,607 for:
64 (i) Special Education - Add-on; and
65 (ii) Career & Technical Ed District Add-on; and
66 (b) $2,842 for all other programs.
67 Basic School Program
68 Item 1 To Basic School Program
69 From Education Fund

($146,700)

70 Schedule of Programs:
71 Kindergarten ($160,400)
72 Grades 1 - 12 (1,373 WPUs) $751,900
73 Necessarily Existent Small Schools ($52,200)
74 Professional Staff ($289,500)
75 Administrative Costs ($9,400)
76 Special Education - Pre-school ($56,300)
77 Special Education - Self-contained ($86,500)
78 Special Education - Extended Year ($2,500)
79 Special Education - State Programs ($16,600)
80 Class Size Reduction ($225,200)
81 Related to Basic Programs
82 Item 2 To Related to Basic Programs
83 From Education Fund $146,700
84 Schedule of Programs:
85 Flexible Allocation - WPU Distribution $146,700
86 Section 3. Effective date -- Retrospective operation.
87 (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), this bill takes effect on May 8, 2012 and has

88 retrospective operation to July 1, 2011.
89 (2) Uncodified Section 2, Appropriation, takes effect on July 1, 2012.
90 Section 4. Coordinating H.B. 206 with S.B. 2 -- Superseding substantive
91 amendments.
92 If this H.B. 206 and S.B. 2, Public Education Budget Amendments, both pass and
93 become law, the Legislature intends that the value of each weighted pupil unit set in Subsection
94 (2) of Uncodified Section 2, Appropriation, supersedes the value of each weighted pupil unit
95 set in Subsection (2) of Section 5, Appropriation, in S.B. 2.