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AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE EDUCATION

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AMENDMENTS

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2020 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: David P. Hinkins

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House Sponsor: Christine F. Watkins

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8     LONG TITLE
9     General Description:
10          This bill makes an ongoing program providing grants targeted to address the needs of
11     American Indian and Alaskan Native students.
12     Highlighted Provisions:
13          This bill:
14          ▸     replaces two pilot programs with an ongoing program administered by the State
15     Board of Education consisting of a grant program to school districts and charter
16     schools to be used to fund stipends, recruitment, retention, and professional
17     development of teachers who teach in American Indian and Alaskan Native
18     concentrated schools; and
19          ▸     makes technical corrections.
20     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
21          This bill appropriates in fiscal year 2021:
22          ▸     to State Board of Education -- General System Support, as an ongoing
23     appropriation:
24               •     from Education Fund, $250,000.
25     Other Special Clauses:
26          None
27     Utah Code Sections Affected:
28     AMENDS:
29          53F-5-602, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapters 186 and 246
30          53F-5-603, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 186
31          53F-5-604, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 246
32          63I-1-253, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapters 90, 136, 166, 173, 246,
33     325, 344 and last amended by Coordination Clause, Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter
34     246
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36     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
37          Section 1. Section 53F-5-602 is amended to read:
38          53F-5-602. Program created.
39          (1) (a) In addition to the state plan adopted under Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 53,
40     Section 7, beginning with fiscal year [2016-2017] 2020-2021, there is created a [five-year
41     pilot] program administered by the state board to provide grants targeted to address the needs
42     of American Indian and Alaskan Native students.
43          (b) The [pilot] program shall consist of a grant program to school districts and charter
44     schools to be used to fund stipends, recruitment, retention, and professional development of
45     teachers who teach in American Indian and Alaskan Native concentrated schools.
46          [(2) (a) Beginning with fiscal year 2017-2018, there is created a four-year pilot
47     program administered by the state board to provide grants targeted to address the needs of
48     American Indian and Alaskan Native students.]
49          [(b) The pilot program shall consist of a grant program to school districts and charter
50     schools to be used to fund stipends, recruitment, retention, and professional development of
51     teachers who teach in American Indian and Alaskan Native concentrated schools.]
52          (c) In determining grant recipients [under this Subsection (2)] for at least two-thirds of
53     the money appropriated to the program, the state board shall give priority to American Indian
54     and Alaskan Native concentrated schools located in a county of the fourth, fifth, or sixth class
55     with significant populations of American Indians and Alaskan Natives.
56          [(3)] (2) Up to 3% of the money appropriated to [a] the grant program under this part
57     may be used by the state board for costs in implementing the [pilot] program.
58          Section 2. Section 53F-5-603 is amended to read:
59          53F-5-603. Grant program to school districts and charter schools.
60          (1) From money appropriated to the grant program, the state board shall distribute
61     grant money on a competitive basis to a school district or charter school that applies for a grant
62     and:
63          (a) (i) has within the school district one or more American Indian and Alaskan Native
64     concentrated schools; or
65          (ii) is an American Indian and Alaskan Native concentrated school; and
66          (b) has a program to fund stipends, recruitment, retention, and professional
67     development of teachers who teach at American Indian and Alaskan Native concentrated
68     schools.
69          (2) The grant money distributed under this section may only be expended to fund a
70     program described in Subsection (1)(b).
71          (3) (a) If a school district or charter school obtains a grant under this section, by no
72     later than two years from the date the school district or charter school obtains the grant, the
73     state board shall review the implementation of the program described in Subsection (1)(b) to
74     determine whether:
75          (i) the program is effective in addressing the need to retain teachers at American Indian
76     and Alaskan Native concentrated schools; and
77          (ii) the money is being spent for a purpose not covered by the program described in
78     Subsection (1)(b).
79          (b) If the state board determines that the program is not effective or that the money is
80     being spent for a purpose not covered by the program described in Subsection (1)(b), the state
81     board may terminate the grant money being distributed to [the] a school district or charter
82     school.
83          (4) The state board may make rules providing:
84          (a) criteria for evaluating grant applications; and
85          (b) procedures for:
86          (i) a school district to apply to the state board to receive grant money under this
87     section; and
88          (ii) the review of the use of grant money described in Subsection (3).
89          (5) The grant money is intended to supplement and not replace existing money
90     supporting American Indian and Alaskan Native concentrated schools, except that the grant
91     money is intended to replace grants awarded under pilot programs supporting American Indian
92     and Alaskan Native concentrated schools that have ended.
93          Section 3. Section 53F-5-604 is amended to read:
94          53F-5-604. Liaison -- Reporting -- Meeting.
95          (1) Subject to budget constraints, the superintendent of public instruction appointed
96     under Section 53E-3-301 shall appoint an individual as the American Indian-Alaskan Native
97     Public Education Liaison.
98          (2) The liaison shall:
99          (a) work under the direction of the superintendent in the development and
100     implementation of the state plan; and
101          (b) annually report to the Native American Legislative Liaison Committee created
102     under Section 36-22-1 [during the term of a pilot program under this part] regarding:
103          (i) what entities receive a grant under this part;
104          (ii) the effectiveness of the expenditures of grant money; and
105          (iii) recommendations, if any, for additional legislative action.
106          (3) The Native American Legislative Liaison Committee shall annually schedule at
107     least one meeting at which education is discussed with selected stakeholders.
108          Section 4. Section 63I-1-253 is amended to read:
109          63I-1-253. Repeal dates, Titles 53 through 53G.
110          The following provisions are repealed on the following dates:
111          (1) Subsection 53-6-203(1)(b)(ii), regarding being 19 years old at certification, is
112     repealed July 1, 2022.
113          (2) Subsection 53-13-104(6), regarding being 19 years old at certification, is repealed
114     July 1, 2022.
115          (3) Title 53B, Chapter 17, Part 11, USTAR Researchers, is repealed July 1, 2028.
116          (4) Section 53B-18-1501 is repealed July 1, 2021.
117          (5) Title 53B, Chapter 18, Part 16, USTAR Researchers, is repealed July 1, 2028.
118          (6) Section 53B-24-402, Rural residency training program, is repealed July 1, 2020.
119          (7) Subsection 53C-3-203(4)(b)(vii), which provides for the distribution of money
120     from the Land Exchange Distribution Account to the Geological Survey for test wells, other
121     hydrologic studies, and air quality monitoring in the West Desert, is repealed July 1, 2020.
122          (8) Section 53E-3-515 is repealed January 1, 2023.
123          (9) In relation to a standards review committee, on January 1, 2023:
124          (a) in Subsection 53E-4-202(8), the language that states "by a standards review
125     committee and the recommendations of a standards review committee established under
126     Section 53E-4-203" is repealed; and
127          (b) Section 53E-4-203 is repealed.
128          (10) In relation to the SafeUT and School Safety Commission, on January 1, 2023:
129          (a) Subsection 53B-17-1201(1) is repealed;
130          (b) Section 53B-17-1203 is repealed;
131          (c) Subsection 53B-17-1204(2) is repealed;
132          (d) Subsection 53B-17-1204(4)(a), the language that states "in accordance with the
133     method described in Subsection (4)(c)" is repealed; and
134          (e) Subsection 53B-17-1204(4)(c) is repealed.
135          (11) Section 53F-2-514 is repealed July 1, 2020.
136          (12) Section 53F-5-203 is repealed July 1, 2024.
137          (13) Section 53F-5-212 is repealed July 1, 2024.
138          (14) Section 53F-5-213 is repealed July 1, 2023.
139          [(15) Title 53F, Chapter 5, Part 6, American Indian and Alaskan Native Education
140     State Plan Pilot Program, is repealed July 1, 2022.]
141          [(16)] (15) Section 53F-6-201 is repealed July 1, 2019.
142          [(17)] (16) Section 53F-9-501 is repealed January 1, 2023.
143          [(18)] (17) Subsections 53G-4-608(2)(b) and (4)(b), related to the Utah Seismic Safety
144     Commission, are repealed January 1, 2025.
145          [(19)] (18) Subsection 53G-8-211(4), regarding referrals of a minor to court for a class
146     C misdemeanor, is repealed July 1, 2020.
147          Section 5. Appropriation.
148          The following sums of money are appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
149     2020 and ending June 30, 2021. These are additions to amounts previously appropriated for
150     fiscal year 2021. Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures
151     Act, the Legislature appropriates the following sums of money from the funds or accounts
152     indicated for the use and support of the government of the state of Utah.
153     ITEM 1
154          To State Board of Education -- General System Support
155               From Education Fund
$250,000

156               Schedule of Programs:
157                    Teaching and Learning          $250,000
158          It is the intent of the Legislature that the State Board of Education spend this funding on
159     the Teacher Retention Grant Program made ongoing by this bill.