Effective 7/1/2023
53F-2-208. Cost of adjustments for growth and inflation.
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In accordance with Subsection (2), the Legislature shall annually determine:
Terms Used In Utah Code 53F-2-208 v2- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
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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:
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education for youth in custody, 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 3; |
| (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; |
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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-2-501; and |
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| (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 Teacher Salary Supplement 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. |
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| (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). |
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| (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. |
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| (3) |
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. |
Amended by Chapter 129, 2023 General Session
Amended by Chapter 161, 2023 General Session
Amended by Chapter 356, 2023 General Session
