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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill amends provisions related to driver education funding.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 ▸ authorizes, in certain circumstances, the state superintendent to allocate driver
13 education funds for other purposes; and
14 ▸ makes technical and conforming corrections.
15 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
16 None
17 Other Special Clauses:
18 None
19 Utah Code Sections Affected:
20 AMENDS:
21 53A-13-202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2003, Chapter 23
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23 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
24 Section 1. Section 53A-13-202 is amended to read:
25 53A-13-202. Driver education funding -- Reimbursement of school districts for
26 driver education class expenses -- Limitations -- Excess funds -- Student fees.
27 (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), a school district that provides driver
28 education shall fund the program solely through:
29 (i) funds provided from the Automobile Driver Education Tax Account in the Uniform
30 School Fund as created under Section 41-1a-1205; and
31 (ii) student fees collected by each school.
32 (b) In determining the cost of driver education, a school district may exclude:
33 (i) the full-time equivalent cost of a teacher for a driver education class taught during
34 regular school hours; and
35 (ii) classroom space and classroom maintenance.
36 (c) A school district may not use any additional school funds beyond those allowed
37 under Subsection (1)(b) to subsidize driver education.
38 (2) (a) The state superintendent of public instruction shall, prior to September 2nd
39 following the school year during which it was expended, or may at earlier intervals during that
40 school year, reimburse each school district that applied for reimbursement in accordance with
41 this section.
42 (b) A school district that maintains driver education classes that conform to this part
43 and the rules prescribed by the [
44 for the actual cost of providing the behind-the-wheel and observation training incidental to
45 those classes.
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47 Education, a school district may:
48 (a) employ personnel who are not licensed by the [
49 under Section 53A-6-104 for driver education; or
50 (b) contract with private parties or agencies licensed under Section 53-3-504 for the
51 behind-the-wheel phase of the driver education program.
52 (4) The reimbursement amount shall be paid out of the Automobile Driver Education
53 Tax Account in the Uniform School Fund and may not exceed:
54 (a) $100 per student who has completed driver education during the school year;
55 (b) $30 per student who has only completed the classroom portion in the school or
56 through the electronic high school during the school year; or
57 (c) $70 per student who has only completed the behind-the-wheel and observation
58 portion in the school during the school year.
59 (5) If the amount of money in the account at the end of a school year is less than the
60 total of the reimbursable costs, the state superintendent of public instruction shall allocate the
61 money to each school district in the same proportion that its reimbursable costs bear to the total
62 reimbursable costs of all school districts.
63 (6) If the amount of money in the account at the end of any school year is more than the
64 total of the reimbursement costs provided under Subsection (4), the superintendent may
65 allocate the excess funds to school districts:
66 (a) to reimburse each school district that applies for reimbursement of the cost of a fee
67 waived under Section 53A-12-103 for driver education; [
68 (b) to aid in the procurement of equipment and facilities which reduce the cost of
69 behind-the-wheel instruction[
70 (c) for any other purpose as determined by a majority vote of the State Board of
71 Education.
72 (7) (a) A local school board shall establish the student fee for driver education for the
73 school district.
74 (b) Student fees shall be reasonably associated with the costs of driver education that
75 are not otherwise covered by reimbursements and allocations made under this section.
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