Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 137 First Substitute (2020GS)

Sponsor

Sen. Millner, A.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/28/2020

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• requires the State Board of Education to anually:
• evaluate a partnership that receives a grant under the Partnerships for Student Success Program; and
• prepare a written report of an evaluation and submit the report to the Education Interim Committee.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

PARTNERSHIPS FOR STUDENT SUCCESS PROGRAM
AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Ann Millner
House Sponsor: 
Bradley G. Last
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill requires the State Board of Education to annually evaluate a partnership that
receives a grant under the Partnerships for Student Success Program.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ requires the State Board of Education to anually:
• evaluate a partnership that receives a grant under the Partnerships for Student
Success Program; and
• prepare a written report of an evaluation and submit the report to the Education
Interim Committee.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a coordination clause.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
53E-1-201
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 324 and last amended by
Coordination Clause, Laws of Utah 2019, Chapters 41, 205, 223, 342, 446, and 476
53F-5-403
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 186
53F-5-405
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapters 186 and 324
Utah Code Sections Affected by Coordination Clause:
53E-1-201
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 324 and last amended by
Coordination Clause, Laws of Utah 2019, Chapters 41, 205, 223, 342, 446, and 476
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
53E-1-201
 is amended to read:
53E-1-201.
Reports to and action required of the Education Interim Committee.
(1) In accordance with applicable provisions and Section 
68-3-14
, the following
recurring reports are due to the Education Interim Committee:
(a) the report described in Section 
9-22-109
 by the STEM Action Center Board,
including the information described in Section 
9-22-113
 on the status of the computer science
initiative and Section 
9-22-114
 on the Computing Partnerships Grants Program;
[
(a)
] 
(b)
 the prioritized list of data research described in Section 
35A-14-302
 and the
report on research described in Section 
35A-14-304
 by the Utah Data Research Center;
[
(b)
] 
(c)
 the report described in Section 
35A-15-303
 by the State Board of Education on
preschool programs;
[
(c)
] 
(d)
 the report described in Section 
53B-1-103
 by the State Board of Regents on
career and technical education issues and addressing workforce needs;
[
(d)
] 
(e)
 the report described in Section 
53B-1-107
 by the State Board of Regents on
the activities of the State Board of Regents;
[
(e)
] 
(f)
 the report described in Section 
53B-2a-104
 by the Utah System of Technical
Colleges Board of Trustees on career and technical education issues;
[
(f)
] 
(g)
 the reports described in Section 
53B-28-401
 by the State Board of Regents and
the Utah System of Technical Colleges Board of Trustees regarding activities related to campus
safety;
[
(g)
] 
(h)
 the State Superintendent's Annual Report by the state board described in
Section 
53E-1-203
;
[
(h)
] 
(i)
 the annual report described in Section 
53E-2-202
 by the state board on the
strategic plan to improve student outcomes;
[
(i)
] 
(j)
 the report described in Section 
53E-8-204
 by the state board on the Utah
Schools for the Deaf and the Blind;
[
(j)
] 
(k)
 the report described in Section 
53E-10-703
 by the Utah Leading through
Effective, Actionable, and Dynamic Education director on research and other activities;
[
(k)
] 
(l)
 the report described in Section 
53F-4-203
 by the state board and the
independent evaluator on an evaluation of early interactive reading software;
[
(l)
] 
(m)
 the report described in Section 
53F-4-407
 by the state board on UPSTART;
and
[
(m)
] 
(n)
 the report described in Section 
53F-5-405
 by [
an independent evaluator
] 
the
State Board of Education regarding an evaluation
 of a partnership that receives a grant to
improve educational outcomes for students who are low income[
; and
]
.
[
(n) the report described in Section 
63N-12-208
 by the STEM Action Center Board,
including the information described in Section 
63N-12-213
 on the status of the computer
science initiative and Section 
63N-12-214
 on the Computing Partnerships Grants Program.
]
(2) In accordance with applicable provisions and Section 
68-3-14
, the following
occasional reports are due to the Education Interim Committee:
(a) the report described in Section 
35A-15-303
 by the School Readiness Board by
November 30, 2020, on benchmarks for certain preschool programs;
(b) the report described in Section 
53E-3-519
 by the state board regarding counseling
services in schools;
(c) the reports described in Section 
53E-3-520
 by the state board regarding cost centers
and implementing activity based costing;
(d) if required, the report described in Section 
53E-4-309
 by the state board explaining
the reasons for changing the grade level specification for the administration of specific
assessments;
(e) if required, the report described in Section 
53E-5-210
 by the state board of an
adjustment to the minimum level that demonstrates proficiency for each statewide assessment;
(f) the report described in Section 
53E-10-702
 by Utah Leading through Effective,
Actionable, and Dynamic Education;
(g) the report described in Section 
53F-2-502
 by the state board on the program
evaluation of the dual language immersion program;
(h) if required, the report described in Section 
53F-2-513
 by the state board evaluating
the effects of salary bonuses on the recruitment and retention of effective teachers in high
poverty schools;
(i) upon request, the report described in Section 
53F-5-207
 by the state board on the
Intergenerational Poverty Intervention Grants Program;
(j) the report described in Section 
53F-5-210
 by the state board on the Educational
Improvement Opportunities Outside of the Regular School Day Grant Program;
(k) the reports described in Section 
53G-11-304
 by the state board regarding proposed
rules and results related to educator exit surveys;
(l) upon request, the report described in Section 
53G-11-505
 by the state board on
progress in implementing employee evaluations;
(m) the report described in Section 
62A-15-117
 by the Division of Substance Abuse
and Mental Health, the State Board of Education, and the Department of Health regarding
recommendations related to Medicaid reimbursement for school-based health services; and
(n) the reports described in Section 
63C-19-202
 by the Higher Education Strategic
Planning Commission.
(3) In accordance with Section 
53B-7-705
, the Education Interim Committee shall
complete the review of the implementation of performance funding.
Section 2. Section 
53F-5-403
 is amended to read:
53F-5-403.
Matching funds -- Grantee requirements.
(1) (a) The state board may not award a grant to an eligible partnership unless the
eligible partnership provides matching funds equal to two times the amount of the grant.
(b) The state board shall ensure that at least half of the matching funds provided under
Subsection (1)(a) are provided by a local education agency.
(c) Matching funds may include cash or an in-kind contribution.
(2) A partnership that receives a grant under this part shall:
(a) select and contract with a technical assistance provider identified by the state board
as described in Section 
53F-5-404
;
(b) continually assess progress toward reaching shared goals and outcomes;
(c) publish results of the continual assessment described in Subsection (2)(b) on an
annual basis; 
and
(d) regularly report to the state board in accordance with rules established by the state
board under Section 
53F-5-406
[
; and
]
.
[
(e) as requested, share information and data with the third party evaluator described in
Section 
53F-5-405
, in accordance with state and federal law.
]
(3) A partnership that receives a grant under this part may use grant funds only for the
following purposes:
(a) to contract with a technical assistance provider identified by the state board as
described in Section 
53F-5-404
; and
(b) to plan or implement a partnership, including:
(i) for project management;
(ii) for planning and adaptation of services and strategies;
(iii) to coordinate services;
(iv) to establish and implement shared measurement practices;
(v) to produce communication materials and conduct outreach activities to build public
support;
(vi) to establish data privacy and sharing agreements, in accordance with state and
federal law;
(vii) to purchase infrastructure, hardware, and software to collect and store data; or
(viii) to analyze data.
(4) (a) The state board shall establish interventions for a partnership that:
(i) fails to comply with the requirements described in this section; or
(ii) is not making progress toward reaching the shared goals and outcomes established
by the partnership as described in Section 
53F-5-402
.
(b) An intervention under Subsection (4)(a) may include discontinuing or reducing
funding.
Section 3. Section 
53F-5-405
 is amended to read:
53F-5-405.
Evaluation -- Reporting.
(1) [
In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code, the
] 
The
 state
board shall [
contract with an independent evaluator to
] annually evaluate a partnership that
receives a grant under this part.
(2) The evaluation described in Subsection (1) shall:
(a) assess implementation of a partnership, including the extent to which members of a
partnership:
(i) share data to align and improve efforts focused on student success; and
(ii) meet regularly and communicate authentically; and
(b) assess the impact of a partnership on student outcomes using appropriate statistical
evaluation methods.
[
(3) In identifying an independent evaluator under Subsection (1), the state board shall
identify an evaluator that:
]
[
(a) has a credible track record of conducting evaluations as described in Subsection
(2); and
]
[
(b) is independent of any member of the partnership and does not otherwise have a
vested interest in the outcome of the evaluation.
]
[
(4) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year, the state board shall ensure that the
independent evaluator:
]
(3) Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, the state board shall:
(a) [
prepares
] 
prepare
 an annual written report of an evaluation conducted under this
section; and
(b) [
submits
] 
submit
 the report in accordance with Section 
53E-1-201
.
(4) The state board may use up to 6% of money appropriated for the purposes
described in this part to pay for administrative costs incurred in implementing the Partnerships
for Student Success Grant Program, including costs to conduct the evaluation described in
Subsection (1).
Section 4. 
 Coordinating S.B. 137 with S.B. 72 -- Superseding technical and
substantive amendments.
If this S.B. 137 and S.B. 72, Revisor's Technical Corrections to Utah Code, both pass
and become law, it is the intent of the Legislature that the amendments to Section 
53E-1-201
 in
S.B. 137 supersede the amendments to Section 
53E-1-201
 in S.B. 72, when the Office of
Legislative Research and General Counsel prepares the Utah Code database for publication.