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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) In accordance with Subsection (2), 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 youth in care, described in Section 53E-3-503;
(ii) concurrent enrollment courses for accelerated foreign language students described in Section 53E-10-307;
(iii) the Basic Program, described in Part 3, Basic Program (Weighted Pupil Units);
(iv) the Adult Education Program, described in Section 53F-2-401;
(v) state support of pupil transportation, described in Section 53F-2-402;
(vi) the Enhancement for Accelerated Students Program, described in Section 53F-2-408;
(vii) the Concurrent Enrollment Program, described in Section 53F-2-409;
(viii) the juvenile gang and other violent crime prevention and intervention program, described in Section 53F-2-410; and
(ix) dual language immersion, described in Section 53F-2-502; and
(b) the estimated state cost of adjusting for enrollment growth, in the next fiscal year, the current fiscal year's ongoing state tax fund appropriations to the following programs:
(i) a program described in Subsection (1)(a);
(ii) educator salary adjustments, described in Section 53F-2-405;
(iii) the Salary Supplement for Highly Needed Educators Program, described in Section 53F-2-504;
(iv) the Voted and Board Local Levy Guarantee programs, described in Section 53F-2-601; and
(v) charter school local replacement funding, described in Section 53F-2-702.
(2)(a) In or before December each year, the Executive Appropriations Committee shall determine:
(i) the cost of the inflation adjustment described in Subsection (1)(a); and
(ii) the cost of the enrollment growth adjustment described in Subsection (1)(b).
(b) The Executive Appropriations Committee shall make the determinations described in Subsection (2)(a) based on recommendations developed by the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, in consultation with the state board and the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget.
(3) Beginning in the 2026 fiscal year, if the Executive Appropriations Committee includes in the public education base budget or the final public education budget an increase in the value of the WPU in excess of the amounts described in Subsection (1)(a), the Executive Appropriations Committee shall also include an appropriation to the Local Levy Growth Account established in Section 53F-9-305 in an amount equivalent to at least 0.5% of the total amount appropriated for WPUs in the relevant budget.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 53F. Public Education System--Funding § 53F-2-208. Cost of adjustments for growth and inflation - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-53f-public-education-system-funding/ut-code-sect-53f-2-208/
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