Utah Code § 53F-1-101
Title
(1) This title is known as "Public Education System -- Funding." (2) This chapter is known as "Title Provisions."
Utah Code Title 53F — Public Education System -- Funding
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Provisions
Utah Code § 53F-1-102
Public education code definitions
The terms defined in Section 53E-1-102 apply to this title.
Utah Code § 53F-1-103
Title 53F definitions
Reserved
Utah Code § 53F-1-104
Education monitoring and funds management
(1) As used in this section: (a) "Allocable cost" means a cost for goods or services that are chargeable or assignable to a state award or cost objective in accordance with relative benefits an LEA receives. (b) "Reasonable cost" means a cost that, in nature and amount, does not exceed an amount that a prudent person w…
Utah Code § 53F-2-101
Title
This chapter is known as "State Funding -- Minimum School Program."
Utah Code § 53F-2-102
Definitions
As used in this chapter: (1) "Attendance-validated program" means an educational program where: (a) student participation is measured by physical or virtual attendance at scheduled instructional periods; and (b) a student receives direct teacher interaction and instruction for the course or program the student is enrol…
Utah Code § 53F-2-103
Purpose of chapter
(1) The purpose of this chapter is to provide a minimum school program for the state in accordance with the constitutional mandate. It recognizes that all children of the state are entitled to reasonably equal educational opportunities regardless of their place of residence in the state and of the economic situation of…
Utah Code § 53F-2-201
Cost of operation and maintenance of Minimum School Program -- Division between state and school districts
(1) The total cost of operation and maintenance of the Minimum School Program in the state is divided between the state and school districts as follows: (a) Each school district shall impose a minimum basic tax rate on all taxable, tangible property in the school district and shall contribute the tax proceeds toward th…
Utah Code § 53F-2-202
Contribution of state to cost of Minimum School Program -- Determination of amounts -- Levy on taxable property -- Disbursal -- Deficiency
The state's contribution to the total cost of the Minimum School Program is determined and distributed as follows: (1) The State Tax Commission shall levy an amount determined by the Legislature on all taxable property of the state. (a) This amount, together with other funds provided by law, is the state's contribution…
Utah Code § 53F-2-203
Reduction of LEA governing board allocation based on insufficient revenues
(1) As used in this section, "Minimum School Program funds" means the total of state and local funds appropriated for the Minimum School Program, excluding: (a) an appropriation for a state guaranteed local levy increment as described in Section 53F-2-601; and (b) the appropriation to charter schools to replace local p…
Utah Code § 53F-2-204
Use of funds for approved programs -- Assessment of funded programs
(1) Funds appropriated under this chapter shall only be used for programs approved by the state board. (2) The state board shall assess the progress and degree of effectiveness of all programs funded under this chapter.
Utah Code § 53F-2-205
Powers and duties of state board to adjust Minimum School Program allocations -- Use of remaining funds at the end of a fiscal year
(1) As used in this section: (a) "ESEA" means the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq. (b) "Program" means a program or allocation funded by a line item appropriation or other appropriation designated as: (i) Basic Program; (ii) Related to Basic Programs; (iii) Voted and Board Lev…
Utah Code § 53F-2-206
Flexibility in the use of certain related to basic program funds
(1) As used in this section, "qualifying program" means: (a) the Enhancement for Accelerated Students Program created in Section 53F-2-408; (b) the early college programs described in Section 53F-2-408.5; and (c) the concurrent enrollment program established in Section 53E-10-302. (2) If a school district or charter sc…
Utah Code § 53F-2-207
Loss in student enrollment -- Board action
To avoid penalizing an LEA financially for an excessive loss in student enrollment due to factors beyond the LEA's control, the state board may allow a percentage increase in units otherwise allowable during a year when an LEA's average daily membership for the year drops more than 4% below the average for the highest…
Utah Code § 53F-2-208
Cost of adjustments for growth and inflation
(1) In accordance with Subsection (5), the Legislature shall annually determine: (a) the estimated state cost of adjusting for inflation in the next fiscal year, based on a rolling five-year average ending in the current fiscal year, ongoing state tax fund appropriations to the following programs: (i) education for you…
Utah Code § 53F-2-209
Limited LEA budgetary flexibility
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Utah Code: (a) except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), an LEA may: (i) use up to 35% of the LEA's state restricted funding for each formula-based program to flexibly and without restriction respond to changing circumstances and student needs; (ii) transfer fund balances b…
Utah Code § 53F-2-301
Minimum basic tax rate for a fiscal year that begins after July 1, 2022
(1) As used in this section: (a) "Basic levy increment rate" means a tax rate that will generate an amount of revenue equal to $75,000,000. (b) "Commission" means the State Tax Commission. (c) "Minimum basic local amount" means an amount that is: (i) equal to the sum of: (A) the school districts' contribution to the ba…
Utah Code § 53F-2-302
Determination of weighted pupil units
(1) The number of weighted pupil units in the Minimum School Program for each year is the total of the units for each school district and, subject to Subsection (5), charter school, determined in accordance with this section. (2) The number of weighted pupil units is computed by adding the average daily membership of a…
Utah Code § 53F-2-302.1
Enrollment Growth Contingency Program
(1) As used in this section: (a) "Program funds" means money appropriated under the Enrollment Growth Contingency Program. (b) "Student enrollment count" means the enrollment count on the first school day of October, as described in Section 53F-2-302. (2) There is created the Enrollment Growth Contingency Program to mi…
Utah Code § 53F-2-303
Foreign exchange student weighted pupil units
(1) A school district or charter school may include foreign exchange students in the district's or school's membership and attendance count for the purpose of apportionment of state money, except as provided in Subsections (2) through (5). (2) (a) Notwithstanding Section 53F-2-302, foreign exchange students may not be…
Utah Code § 53F-2-304
Weighted pupil units for students in rural school districts and necessarily existent small schools
(1) As used in this section: (a) "Necessarily existent small school" means a school that: (i) is located in an area with a National Center for Education Statistics locale code of 33 or higher; (ii) is located more than 10 miles from an area with a National Center for Education Statistics locale code of 21 or less; (iii…
Utah Code § 53F-2-307
Weighted pupil units for programs for students with disabilities -- Local school board allocation
(1) As used in this section: (a) (i) "Charter school" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-5-601. (ii) "Charter school" includes a charter school with satellite charter schools. (b) "LEA" means: (i) a school district; or (ii) a charter school. (c) "Necessary cost" means a cost that is needed to provide…
Utah Code § 53F-2-308
Preschool special education appropriation -- Extended year program appropriation -- Appropriation for special education programs in state institutions -- Appropriations for stipends for special educators
(1) (a) Money appropriated to the state board for the preschool special education program shall be allocated to school districts to provide a free, appropriate public education to preschool students with a disability, ages three through five. (b) The money shall be distributed on the basis of the school district's coun…
Utah Code § 53F-2-310
Stipends for special educators for additional days of work
(1) As used in this section: (a) "Special education teacher" means a teacher whose primary assignment is the instruction of students with disabilities who are eligible for special education services. (b) "Special educator" means a person employed by a school district, charter school, or the Utah Schools for the Deaf an…
Utah Code § 53F-2-311
Weighted pupil units for career and technical education programs -- Funding of approved programs -- Performance measures -- Qualifying criteria
(1) (a) Money appropriated to the state board for approved career and technical education programs: (i) shall be allocated to eligible recipients as provided in Subsections (2), (3), and (4); and (ii) may not be used to fund programs below grade 9. (b) Subsection (1)(a)(ii) does not apply to the work-based learning pro…
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