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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill creates the Clean Air for Schools Pilot Program.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 ▸ defines terms;
13 ▸ requires the State Board of Education to award grants to eligible local education
14 agencies to provide portable air filtration systems to schools; and
15 ▸ creates reporting requirements.
16 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17 This bill appropriates in fiscal year 2023:
18 ▸ to the State Board of Education -- Minimum School Program -- Related to Basic
19 School Programs, as an ongoing appropriation:
20 • from the Education Fund, $231,500.
21 Other Special Clauses:
22 None
23 Utah Code Sections Affected:
24 AMENDS:
25 63I-1-253, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapters 14, 64, 106, 233, and 307
26 ENACTS:
27 53F-5-219, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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29 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
30 Section 1. Section 53F-5-219 is enacted to read:
31 53F-5-219. Clean Air for Schools Pilot Program.
32 (1) As used in this section:
33 (a) "Eligible school" means a Title I school that is located within a nonattainment area
34 of the state.
35 (b) "Nonattainment area" means a part of the state where air quality is determined to
36 exceed the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, as defined in the Clean Air Act
37 Amendments of 1970, Pub. L. No. 91-604, Sec. 109, for fine particulate matter (PM 2.5).
38 (c) "Portable air filtration system" means a portable high-efficiency particulate air
39 purifier or cleaner designed to remove particles or contaminants from the air.
40 (d) "Title I school" means a school that receives funds under Title I of the Elementary
41 and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.
42 (e) "Program" means the Clean Air for Schools Pilot Program created in Subsection
43 53F-5-219(2).
44 (2) There is created the Clean Air for Schools Pilot Program to provide grants to LEAs
45 for purchase of portable air filtration systems to be installed in classrooms of eligible schools.
46 (3) The state board shall:
47 (a) solicit proposals from LEAs for a grant under this section; and
48 (b) award grants to LEAs under this section.
49 (4) To receive a grant under this section, an LEA shall submit a proposal to the state
50 board that lists:
51 (a) the eligible school or eligible schools that will receive a portable air filtration
52 system purchased by the LEA with the grant;
53 (b) the total number of students who attend the eligible school or eligible schools
54 described in Subsection (4)(a);
55 (c) the total number of portable air filtration systems needed for the eligible school or
56 eligible schools described in Subsection (4)(a); and
57 (d) the estimated cost of the LEA's proposal.
58 (5) An LEA that receives a grant under this section shall:
59 (a) use the grant to purchase portable air filtration systems for an eligible school or
60 eligible schools; and
61 (b) before October 1, 2025, report to the state board regarding the academic
62 performance of students in a classroom with a portable air filtration system purchased with the
63 grant.
64 (6) (a) Before December 1, 2025, the state board shall:
65 (i) prepare a report on the outcomes of the program that, at current standards of
66 scientific rigor:
67 (A) analyzes the academic performance data collected under Subsection (5) and the air
68 quality monitoring data for the nonattainment areas in which the eligible schools served under
69 the program are located; and
70 (B) describes the impact of the program on student academic performance; and
71 (ii) provide the report to the Education Interim Committee and the Natural Resources,
72 Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee.
73 (b) The state board may contract with another state agency, private entity, or research
74 institution to assist the state board with the report.
75 Section 2. Section 63I-1-253 is amended to read:
76 63I-1-253. Repeal dates, Titles 53 through 53G.
77 (1) Section 53-2a-105, which creates the Emergency Management Administration
78 Council, is repealed July 1, 2022.
79 (2) Sections 53-2a-1103 and 53-2a-1104, which create the Search and Rescue Advisory
80 Board, are repealed July 1, 2022.
81 (3) Section 53-5-703, which creates the Concealed Firearm Review Board, is repealed
82 July 1, 2023.
83 (4) Subsection 53-6-203(1)(b)(ii), regarding being 19 years old at certification, is
84 repealed July 1, 2027.
85 (5) Subsection 53-13-104(6)(a), regarding being 19 years old at certification, is
86 repealed July 1, 2027.
87 (6) Section 53B-6-105.5, which creates the Technology Initiative Advisory Board, is
88 repealed July 1, 2024.
89 (7) Title 53B, Chapter 17, Part 11, USTAR Researchers, is repealed July 1, 2028.
90 (8) Section 53B-17-1203, which creates the SafeUT and School Safety Commission, is
91 repealed January 1, 2025.
92 (9) Title 53B, Chapter 18, Part 16, USTAR Researchers, is repealed July 1, 2028.
93 (10) Title 53B, Chapter 24, Part 4, Rural Residency Training Program, is repealed July
94 1, 2025.
95 (11) Subsection 53C-3-203(4)(b)(vii), which provides for the distribution of money
96 from the Land Exchange Distribution Account to the Geological Survey for test wells and other
97 hydrologic studies in the West Desert, is repealed July 1, 2030.
98 (12) Section 53E-3-515 is repealed January 1, 2023.
99 (13) In relation to a standards review committee, on January 1, 2023:
100 (a) in Subsection 53E-4-202(8), the language "by a standards review committee and the
101 recommendations of a standards review committee established under Section 53E-4-203" is
102 repealed; and
103 (b) Section 53E-4-203 is repealed.
104 (14) Subsections 53E-3-503(5) and (6), which create coordinating councils for youth in
105 custody, are repealed July 1, 2027.
106 (15) Section 53E-4-402, which creates the State Instructional Materials Commission, is
107 repealed July 1, 2022.
108 (16) Title 53E, Chapter 6, Part 5, Utah Professional Practices Advisory Commission, is
109 repealed July 1, 2023.
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120 repealed July 1, 2025.
121 (23) Section 53F-5-219, in relation to the Clean Air for Schools Pilot Program, is
122 repealed July 1, 2026.
123 (24) Subsection 53F-9-203(7), which creates the Charter School Revolving Account
124 Committee, is repealed July 1, 2024.
125 (25) Section 53F-9-501 is repealed January 1, 2023.
126 (26) Subsections 53G-4-608(2)(b) and (4)(b), related to the Utah Seismic Safety
127 Commission, are repealed January 1, 2025.
128 (27) Subsection 53G-8-211(5), regarding referrals of a minor to court for a class C
129 misdemeanor, is repealed July 1, 2022.
130 Section 3. Appropriation.
131 The following sums of money are appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
132 2022, and ending June 30, 2023. These are additions to amounts previously appropriated for
133 fiscal year 2023. Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures
134 Act, the Legislature appropriates the following sums of money from the funds or accounts
135 indicated for the use and support of the government of the state of Utah.
136 ITEM 1
137 To State Board of Education -- Minimum School Program -- Related to Basic
138 School Programs
139 From Education Fund
$231,500
140 Schedule of Programs:
141 Clean Air for Schools Pilot Program $231,500
142 The Legislature intends that the appropriations provided under this item be used for the
143 state board to award grants under the Clean Air for Schools Pilot Program created in Section
144 53F-5-219.