Representative Kera Birkeland proposes the following substitute bill:


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ONLINE COURSE ACCESS AMENDMENTS

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2022 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Kera Birkeland

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Senate Sponsor: Ann Millner

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill ensures payment of an online course fee for students attending small schools.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     requires the State Board of Education to use funds from an appropriation to the
13     Statewide Online Education Program to pay an online course fee for a student
14     attending a small school.
15     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
16          None
17     Other Special Clauses:
18          None
19     Utah Code Sections Affected:
20     ENACTS:
21          53F-4-518, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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23     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
24          Section 1. Section 53F-4-518 is enacted to read:
25          53F-4-518. Small school student access to college and career readiness courses.

26          Subject to legislative appropriations and notwithstanding Subsections 53F-4-509(2) and
27     (3), in lieu of a deduction described in Subsection 53F-4-507(2), the state board shall use funds
28     from an appropriation for the Statewide Online Education Program to pay for an online course
29     fee described in Section 53F-4-505 for a student who is enrolled in a public high school that
30     enrolls fewer than 1,000 students.