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FINANCING OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
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2000 GENERAL SESSION
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STATE OF UTAH
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Sponsor: Kory M. Holdaway
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AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; REQUIRING THE STRATEGIC PLANNING
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FOR PUBLIC AND HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND MAKE
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RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE FINANCING OF PUBLIC EDUCATION WITHIN THE
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STATE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING A REPEAL DATE.
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This act enacts uncodified material.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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Section 1. Strategic planning study on financing of public education -- Interim report.
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(1) Consistent with its duties and responsibilities outlined in Section
53A-1a-202
, the
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Strategic Planning for Public and Higher Education Committee shall, during the 2000 interim,
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study, review, and make recommendations to the Legislature on the following issues:
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(a) current federal, state, and local revenue sources and funding formulas used for the state
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system of public education, to include the value and adequacy of the weighted pupil unit, voted
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and board leeways, and capital outlay and debt service and their relationship in funding public
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education;
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(b) school spending practices, including whether there is a need for more flexibility at the
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district and school level;
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(c) the relationship between equity and adequacy in funding public education;
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(d) the use of student fees by school districts to help fund public education at the district
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and school level including the impact of current fee waiver provisions; and
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(e) other issues related to funding public education.
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(2) (a) If needed, the committee may:
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(i) create a subcommittee to more effectively review the issues listed in Subsection (1);
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and
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(ii) schedule additional meetings to adequately address the financial issues during the 2000
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interim as an exception to Subsection
53A-1a-202
(4).
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(b) The committee or its subcommittee may arrange to hold joint meetings with other
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public entities, such as the Education Interim Committee or Public Education Appropriations
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Subcommittee, in its study of these financial issues.
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(c) The committee may invite noncommittee members to serve on its subcommittee if it
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decides to create one.
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(3) The committee shall present a final report, including any proposed legislation to the
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Education Interim Committee and Executive Appropriations Committee before November 30,
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2000.
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Section 2. Effective date.
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If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this act takes effect
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upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
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Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto, the
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date of veto override.
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Section 3. Repeal date.
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This act is repealed November 30, 2000.
Legislative Review Note
as of 12-17-99 1:03 PM
A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.