H.B. 500

1

EDUCATION REPORTING EFFICIENCY AMENDMENTS
2 2012 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Chief Sponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox
5 Senate Sponsor: Aaron Osmond
6
7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill directs the State Board of Education to determine how to modify or eliminate
10 reporting requirements to reduce the time school district and charter school personnel
11 spend in completing reports.
12 Highlighted Provisions:
13 This bill:
14 . directs the State Board of Education, in consultation with representatives of school
15 districts and charter schools, to determine how to modify or eliminate reporting
16 requirements;
17 . requires the State Board of Education to report to the Education Interim Committee
18 on:
19 . actions taken by the State Board of Education to modify or eliminate reporting
20 requirements; and
21 . recommendations for the modification or elimination of reporting requirements
22 imposed by state statute; and
23 . repeals provisions on reducing reporting requirements.
24 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
25 None
26 Other Special Clauses:
27 None

28 Utah Code Sections Affected:
29 AMENDS:
30 63I-2-253, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapters 303, 330, and 419
31 ENACTS:
32 53A-1-410, Utah Code Annotated 1953
33
34 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
35 Section 1. Section 53A-1-410 is enacted to read:
36 53A-1-410. State Board of Education to determine how to reduce reporting
37 requirements.
38 (1) The State Board of Education, in consultation with representatives of school
39 districts and charter schools, shall determine how reporting requirements may be modified or
40 eliminated to reduce the time school district and charter school personnel spend in completing
41 reports.
42 (2) The State Board of Education shall:
43 (a) seek to eliminate redundancy in reporting information; and
44 (b) consider eliminating a report that has low value compared to the time and effort
45 spent to produce the report.
46 (3) The State Board of Education shall make a report to the Education Interim
47 Committee by the committee's October 2012 meeting on:
48 (a) actions taken by the State Board of Education to modify or eliminate reporting
49 requirements; and
50 (b) recommendations for the elimination or modification of reporting requirements
51 imposed by state statute.
52 Section 2. Section 63I-2-253 is amended to read:
53 63I-2-253. Repeal dates -- Titles 53, 53A, and 53B.
54 (1) Section 53A-1-403.5 is repealed July 1, 2012.
55 (2) Section 53A-1-410 is repealed July 1, 2013.
56 [(2)] (3) Subsection 53A-1-603 (5) is repealed July 1, 2015.
57 [(3)] (4) Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 10, UPSTART, is repealed July 1, 2014.
58 [(4)] (5) Subsection 53A-13-110 (4) is repealed July 1, 2013.

59 [(5)] (6) Section 53A-15-1215 is repealed July 1, 2012.




Legislative Review Note
as of 2-20-12 12:19 PM

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