Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 142 First Substitute (2021GS)

Sponsor

Sen. Fillmore, L.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/17/2021

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• requires the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee to:
• complete an evaluation of public education funding;
• make recommendations for future legislation; and
• report to the Executive Appropriations Committee;
• amends dates regarding certain reviews or evaluations required of the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee;
• enacts a weighted pupil unit add-on for students who are at risk using weighting based on:
• students who receive free or reduced price lunch; and
• students who are English language learners;
• requires the Utah State Board of Education to monitor learning outcomes related to the WPU add-on;
• repeals the Enhancement for At-Risk Students Program while reenacting the portion related to the gang prevention and intervention program;
• establishes a certain repeal date; and
• makes technical and conforming changes.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Lincoln Fillmore
House Sponsor: 
Bradley G. Last
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill requires the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee to complete an
evaluation and make recommendations for future legislation regarding public education
funding and addresses funding for students who are at risk.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ requires the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee to:
• complete an evaluation of public education funding;
• make recommendations for future legislation; and
• report to the Executive Appropriations Committee;
▸ amends dates regarding certain reviews or evaluations required of the Public
Education Appropriations Subcommittee;
▸ enacts a weighted pupil unit add-on for students who are at risk using weighting
based on:
• students who receive free or reduced price lunch; and
• students who are English language learners;
▸ requires the Utah State Board of Education to monitor learning outcomes related to
the WPU add-on;
▸ repeals the Enhancement for At-Risk Students Program while reenacting the portion
related to the gang prevention and intervention program;
▸ establishes a certain repeal date; and
▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
53E-1-202
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapters 330 and 354
53F-2-206
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 378
53F-2-208
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Fifth Special Session, Chapter 14
53F-2-301
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 167
53F-2-601
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Fifth Special Session, Chapter 14
63I-2-253
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Sixth Special Session, Chapter 13
ENACTS:
53E-1-202.2
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
53F-2-314
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
REPEALS AND REENACTS:
53F-2-410
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapters 181, 186, and 408
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
53E-1-202
 is amended to read:
53E-1-202.
 Reports to and action required of the Public Education
Appropriations Subcommittee.
(1) In accordance with applicable provisions and Section 
68-3-14
, the following
recurring reports are due to the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee:
(a) the State Superintendent's Annual Report by the state board described in Section
53E-1-203
;
(b) the report described in Section 
53E-10-703
 by the Utah Leading through Effective,
Actionable, and Dynamic Education director on research and other activities; and
(c) the report by the STEM Action Center Board described in Section 
9-22-109
,
including the information described in Section 
9-22-113
 on the status of the computer science
initiative.
(2) (a) The one-time report by the state board regarding cost centers and implementing
activity based costing is due to the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee in
accordance with Section 
53E-3-520
.
(b) The occasional report, described in Section 
53F-2-502
 by the state board on the
program evaluation of the dual language immersion program, is due to the Public Education
Appropriations Subcommittee and in accordance with Section 
68-3-14
.
(3) In accordance with applicable provisions, the Public Education Appropriations
Subcommittee shall complete the following:
[
(a) the evaluation described in Section 
53F-2-410
 of funding for at-risk students; and
]
(a) the review described in Section 
53E-2-301
 of the WPU value rate; and
(b) if required, the study described in Section 
53F-4-304
 of scholarship payments.
Section 2. Section 
53E-1-202.2
 is enacted to read:
 53E-1-202.2.
Public education funding evaluation -- Recommendations.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Basic Program" means the same as that term is defined in Section 
53F-2-102
.
(b) "WPU" means the same as that term is defined in Section 
53F-2-102
.
(2) In lieu of the accountable budget reviews required in legislative rule, the Public
Education Appropriations Subcommittee shall, in order to continue and build upon the public
education funding study that the state board completed during the 2021 fiscal year, complete an
evaluation of the funding structure for public education, including by developing
recommendations for future legislation to:
(a) during the first phase:
(i) evaluate and recommend the rate at which the weightings described in Subsection
53F-2-314
(2)(a) should grow for the WPU add-ons for students who are at risk; and
(ii) address distribution of revenues to school districts of differing sizes and property
values to ensure adequate long-term equalization of public education funds through tested or
new approaches to equalization;
(b) during the second phase:
(i) consider additional issues raised under the evaluation and recommendations
described in Subsection (2)(a);
(ii) address the related to basic programs described in Title 53F, Chapter 2, State
Funding -- Minimum School Program, to optimize coherence, stability, continuous
improvement, and balance with Basic Program funds; and
(iii) address methods to support schools in developing and implementing effective
practices, possibly through a competitive grant program.
(3) The Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee shall report the following to
the Executive Appropriations Committee:
(a) no later than December 1, 2021, the evaluation and recommendations described in
Subsection (2)(a); and
(b) no later than December 1, 2022, the evaluation and recommendations described in
Subsection (2)(b).
Section 3. Section 
53F-2-206
 is amended to read:
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 At-Risk Students Program created in Section 
53F-2-410
;
]
[
(b)
] 
(a)
 the Enhancement for Accelerated Students Program created in Section
53F-2-408
;
[
(c)
] 
(b)
 the early college programs described in Section 
53F-2-408.5
; and
[
(d)
] 
(c)
 the concurrent enrollment program established in Section 
53E-10-302
.
(2) If a school district or charter school receives an allocation of state funds for a
qualifying program that is less than $10,000, the LEA governing board of the receiving school
district or charter school may:
(a) (i) combine the funds with one or more qualifying program fund allocations each of
which is less than $10,000; and
(ii) use the combined funds in accordance with the program requirements for any of the
qualifying programs that are combined; or
(b) (i) transfer the funds to a qualifying program for which the school district or charter
school received an allocation of funds that is greater than or equal to $10,000; and
(ii) use the combined funds in accordance with the program requirements for the
qualifying program to which the funds are transferred.
Section 4. Section 
53F-2-208
 is amended to read:
53F-2-208.
Cost of adjustments for growth and inflation.
(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 custody, described in Section 
53E-3-503
;
(ii) the Basic Program, described in Title 53F, Chapter 2, Part 3, Basic Program
(Weighted Pupil Units);
(iii) the Adult Education Program, described in Section 
53F-2-401
;
(iv) state support of pupil transportation, described in Section 
53F-4-402
;
[
(v) the Enhancement for Accelerated Students Program, described in Section
53F-2-408
;
]
[
(vi)
] 
(v)
 the Concurrent Enrollment Program, described in Section 
53F-2-409
; and
[
(vii)
] 
(vi)
 the Enhancement for At-Risk Students Program, described in Section
53F-2-410
; 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 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
.
(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 Management
and Budget.
Section 5. Section 
53F-2-301
 is amended to read:
53F-2-301.
Minimum basic tax rate for a fiscal year that begins after July 1, 2022.
(1) The provisions of this section are not in effect for a fiscal year that begins on July 1,
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022.
(2) 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) "Combined basic rate" means a rate that is the sum of:
(i) the minimum basic tax rate; and
(ii) the WPU value rate.
(c) "Commission" means the State Tax Commission.
(d) "Equity pupil tax rate" means the tax rate that will generate an amount of revenue
equal to the amount generated by the equity pupil tax rate as defined in Section 
53F-2-301.5
 in
the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2022.
(e) "Minimum basic local amount" means an amount that is:
(i) equal to the sum of:
(A) the school districts' contribution to the basic school program the previous fiscal
year;
(B) the amount generated by the basic levy increment rate;
(C) the amount generated by the equity pupil tax rate; and
(D) the eligible new growth, as defined in Section 
59-2-924
 and rules of the State Tax
Commission multiplied by the minimum basic rate; and
(ii) set annually by the Legislature in Subsection (3)(a).
(f) "Minimum basic tax rate" means a tax rate certified by the commission that will
generate an amount of revenue equal to the minimum basic local amount described in
Subsection (3)(a).
(g) "Weighted pupil unit value" or "WPU value" means the amount established each
year in the enacted public education budget that is multiplied by the number of weighted pupil
units to yield the funding level for the basic school program.
(h) "WPU value amount" means an amount:
(i) that is equal to the product of:
(A) the WPU value increase limit; and
(B) the percentage share of local revenue to the cost of the basic school program in the
immediately preceding fiscal year; and
(ii) set annually by the Legislature in Subsection (4)(a).
(i) "WPU value increase limit" means the lesser of:
(i) the total cost to the basic school program to increase the WPU value over the WPU
value in the prior fiscal year; or
(ii) the total cost to the basic school program to increase the WPU value by 4% over
the WPU value in the prior fiscal year.
(j) "WPU value rate" means a tax rate certified by the commission that will generate an
amount of revenue equal to the WPU value amount described in Subsection (4)(a).
(3) (a) The minimum basic local amount for the fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2018,
is $408,073,800 in revenue statewide.
(b) The preliminary estimate of the minimum basic tax rate for a fiscal year that begins
on July 1, 2018, is .001498.
(4) (a) The WPU value amount for the fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2018, is
$18,650,000 in revenue statewide.
(b) The preliminary estimate of the WPU value rate for the fiscal year that begins on
July 1, 2018, is .000069.
(5) (a) On or before June 22, the commission shall certify for the year:
(i) the minimum basic tax rate; and
(ii) the WPU value rate.
(b) The estimate of the minimum basic tax rate provided in Subsection (3)(b) and the
estimate of the WPU value rate provided in Subsection (4)(b) are based on a forecast for
property values for the next calendar year.
(c) The certified minimum basic tax rate described in Subsection (5)(a)(i) and the
certified WPU value rate described in Subsection (5)(a)(ii) are based on property values as of
January 1 of the current calendar year, except personal property, which is based on values from
the previous calendar year.
(6) (a) To qualify for receipt of the state contribution toward the basic school program
and as a school district's contribution toward the cost of the basic school program for the school
district, each local school board shall impose the combined basic rate.
(b) (i) The state is not subject to the notice requirements of Section 
59-2-926
 before
imposing the tax rates described in this Subsection (6).
(ii) (A) Except as provided in Subsection (6)(b)(ii)(B), the state is subject to the notice
requirements of Section 
59-2-926
 if the state authorizes a tax rate that exceeds the tax rates
described in this Subsection (6).
(B) For a calendar year that begins on January 1, 2018, the state is not subject to the
notice and public hearing requirements of Section 
59-2-926
 if the state authorizes a combined
basic rate that exceeds the tax rates authorized in this section.
(7) (a) The state shall contribute to each school district toward the cost of the basic
school program in the school district an amount of money that is the difference between the
cost of the school district's basic school program and the sum of revenue generated by the
school district by the following:
(i) the combined basic rate;
(ii) the basic levy increment rate; and
(iii) the equity pupil tax rate.
(b) (i) If the difference described in Subsection (7)(a) equals or exceeds the cost of the
basic school program in a school district, no state contribution shall be made to the basic
school program for the school district.
(ii) The proceeds of the difference described in Subsection (7)(a) that exceed the cost
of the basic school program shall be paid into the Uniform School Fund as provided by law and
by the close of the fiscal year in which the proceeds were calculated.
(8) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Division of Finance shall deposit an
amount equal to the proceeds generated statewide:
(a) by the basic levy increment rate into the Minimum Basic Growth Account created
in Section 
53F-9-302
;
(b) by the equity pupil tax rate into the Local Levy Growth Account created in Section
53F-9-305
; and
(c) by the WPU value rate into the Teacher and Student Success Account created in
Section 
53F-9-306
.
(9) After July 1, [
] 
, but before November 30, 2022, the Public Education
Appropriations Subcommittee:
(a) shall review the WPU value rate, the impact of revenues generated by the WPU
value rate on public education funding, and whether local school boards should continue to
levy the WPU value rate; and
(b) may recommend an increase, repeal, or continuance of the WPU value rate.
Section 6. Section 
53F-2-314
 is enacted to read:
 53F-2-314.
Weighted pupil units for students who are at-risk.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "At risk" means that a public education student:
(i) scores below proficient on a state board or LEA approved assessment; or
(ii) meets an LEA governing board's approved definition of an at-risk student.
(b) "Limited English proficiency" means that an English learner student received a
score of 1-4 on an English language proficiency assessment.
(2) (a) Additional weighted pupil units for students who are at-risk are computed based
on the number of students within each LEA on October 1 of the previous school year as
follows, added to a base of five WPUs for each LEA:
(i) for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2021:
(A) for each student who is eligible to receive free or reduced price lunch, .05
additional weighted pupil units; and
(B) for each student with limited English proficiency, .025 additional weighted pupil
units; and
(ii) for each fiscal year after the fiscal year described in Subsection (2)(a)(i), the
additional weighed pupil units shall increase, subject to the approval of the Executive
Appropriations Committee, by amounts that the Public Education Appropriations
Subcommittee recommends in the subcommittee's evaluation and recommendations described
in Section 
53E-1-202.2
, up to:
(A) for each student who is eligible to receive free or reduced price lunch, .3 total
weighted pupil units; and
(B) for each student with limited English proficiency, up to .1 total weighted pupil
units.
(b) Funding for a student who falls within both Subsections (2)(a)(i)(A) and (B) shall
be computed under both weighting factors.
(3) An LEA governing board shall use money distributed under this section to improve
the academic achievement of students who are at-risk.
(4) For a year in which an allocation to an LEA under this section is less than the
allocation to the LEA under the Enhancement for At-Risk Students Program in the 2021 fiscal
year, the Executive Appropriations Committee shall include a one-time appropriation in the
public education budget to supplement the difference between the two amounts.
(5) (a) Annually, an LEA shall provide the following information to the state board:
(i) a report of the LEA's use of funds allocated under this section through the annual
financial reporting process; and
(ii) the LEA's outcome data or a report of intervention effectiveness related to the use
of the LEA's use of funds allocated under this section.
(b) The state board shall monitor the learning outcomes resulting from the LEA's use of
funds under this section.
Section 7. Section 
53F-2-410
 is repealed and reenacted to read:
 53F-2-410.
Gang prevention and intervention program.
Subject to legislative appropriations, the state board shall distribute money for a gang
prevention and intervention program:
(1) that is designed to help students at risk for gang involvement stay in school; and
(2) to school districts and charter schools through a request for proposals process.
Section 8. Section 
53F-2-601
 is amended to read:
53F-2-601.
State guaranteed local levy increments -- Appropriation to increase
number of guaranteed local levy increments -- No effect of change of minimum basic tax
rate -- Voted and board local levy funding balance -- Use of guaranteed local levy
increment funds.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Board local levy" means a local levy described in Section 
53F-8-302
.
(b) "Guaranteed local levy increment" means a local levy increment guaranteed by the
state:
(i) for the board local levy, described in Subsections (2)(a)(ii)(A) and (2)(b)(ii)(B); or
(ii) for the voted local levy, described in Subsections (2)(a)(ii)(B) and (2)(b)(ii)(A).
(c) "Local levy increment" means .0001 per dollar of taxable value.
(d) (i) "Voted and board local levy funding balance" means the difference between:
(A) the amount appropriated for the guaranteed local levy increments in a fiscal year;
and
(B) the amount necessary to fund in the same fiscal year the guaranteed local levy
increments as determined under this section.
(ii) "Voted and board local levy funding balance" does not include appropriations
described in Subsection (2)(b)(i).
(e) "Voted local levy" means a local levy described in Section 
53F-8-301
.
(2) (a) (i) In addition to the revenue collected from the imposition of a voted local levy
or a board local levy, the state shall guarantee that a school district receives, subject to
Subsections (2)(b)(ii)(C) and (3)(a), for each guaranteed local levy increment, an amount
sufficient to guarantee for a fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2018, $43.10 per weighted pupil
unit.
(ii) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b)(ii), the number of local levy increments
that are subject to the guarantee amount described in Subsection (2)(a)(i) are:
(A) for a board local levy, the first four local levy increments a local school board
imposes under the board local levy; and
(B) for a voted local levy, the first 16 local levy increments a local school board
imposes under the voted local levy.
(b) (i) Subject to future budget constraints and Subsection (2)(c), the Legislature shall
annually appropriate money from the Local Levy Growth Account established in Section
53F-9-305
 for purposes described in Subsection (2)(b)(ii).
(ii) The state board shall, for a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2018, and
subject to Subsection (2)(c), allocate funds appropriated under Subsection (2)(b)(i) 
and the
amount described in Subsection (3)(c)
 in the following order of priority by increasing:
(A) by up to four increments the number of voted local levy guaranteed local levy
increments above 16;
(B) by up to 16 increments the number of board local levy guaranteed local levy
increments above four; and
(C) the guaranteed amount described in Subsection (2)(a)(i).
(c) The number of guaranteed local levy increments under this Subsection (2) for a
school district may not exceed 20 guaranteed local levy increments, regardless of whether the
guaranteed local levy increments are from the imposition of a voted local levy, a board local
levy, or a combination of the two.
(3) (a) The guarantee described in Subsection (2)(a)(i) is indexed each year to the value
of the weighted pupil unit by making the value of the guarantee equal to .011962 times the
value of the prior year's weighted pupil unit.
(b) The guarantee shall increase by .0005 times the value of the prior year's weighted
pupil unit for each year subject to the Legislature appropriating funds for an increase in the
guarantee.
(c) If the indexing and growth described in Subsections (3)(a) and (b) result in a cost to
the state in a given fiscal year that is less than the amount the Legislature appropriated, the state
board shall dedicate the difference to the allocation described in Subsection (2)(b)(ii).
(4) (a) The amount of state guarantee money that a school district would otherwise be
entitled to receive under this section may not be reduced for the sole reason that the school
district's board local levy or voted local levy is reduced as a consequence of changes in the
certified tax rate under Section 
59-2-924
 pursuant to changes in property valuation.
(b) Subsection (4)(a) applies for a period of five years following a change in the
certified tax rate as described in Subsection (4)(a).
(5) The guarantee provided under this section does not apply to the portion of a voted
local levy rate that exceeds the voted local levy rate that was in effect for the previous fiscal
year, unless an increase in the voted local levy rate was authorized in an election conducted on
or after July 1 of the previous fiscal year and before December 2 of the previous fiscal year.
(6) (a) If a voted and board local levy funding balance exists for the prior fiscal year,
the state board shall:
(i) use the voted and board local levy funding balance to increase the value of the state
guarantee per weighted pupil unit described in Subsection (3)(a) in the current fiscal year; and
(ii) distribute guaranteed local levy increment funds to school districts based on the
increased value of the state guarantee per weighted pupil unit described in Subsection (6)(a)(i).
(b) The state board shall report action taken under Subsection (6)(a) to the Office of the
Legislative Fiscal Analyst and the Governor's Office of Management and Budget.
(7) A local school board of a school district that receives funds described in this section
shall budget and expend the funds for public education purposes.
Section 9. Section 
63I-2-253
 is amended to read:
63I-2-253.
 Repeal dates -- Titles 53 through 53G.
(1) (a) Section 
53-2a-217
, regarding procurement during an epidemic or pandemic
emergency, is repealed on December 31, 2021.
(b) When repealing Section 
53-2a-217
, the Office of Legislative Research and General
Counsel shall, in addition to the office's authority under Subsection 
36-12-12
(3), make
necessary changes to subsection numbering and cross references.
(2) Section 
53B-2a-103
 is repealed July 1, 2021.
(3) Section 
53B-2a-104
 is repealed July 1, 2021.
(4) (a) Subsection 
53B-2a-108
(5), regarding exceptions to the composition of a
technical college board of trustees, is repealed July 1, 2022.
(b) When repealing Subsection 
53B-2a-108
(5), the Office of Legislative Research and
General Counsel shall, in addition to its authority under Subsection 
36-12-12
(3), make
necessary changes to subsection numbering and cross references.
(5) Section 
53B-6-105.7
 is repealed July 1, 2024.
(6) (a) Subsection 
53B-7-705
(6)(b)(ii)(A), the language that states "Except as provided
in Subsection (6)(b)(ii)(B)," is repealed July 1, 2021.
(b) Subsection 
53B-7-705
(6)(b)(ii)(B), regarding comparing a technical college's
change in performance with the technical college's average performance, is repealed July 1,
2021.
(7) (a) Subsection 
53B-7-707
(3)(a)(ii), the language that states "Except as provided in
Subsection (3)(b)," is repealed July 1, 2021.
(b) Subsection 
53B-7-707
(3)(b), regarding performance data of a technical college
during a fiscal year before fiscal year 2020, is repealed July 1, 2021.
(8) Section 
53B-8-114
 is repealed July 1, 2024.
(9) (a) The following sections, regarding the Regents' scholarship program, are
repealed on July 1, 2023:
(i) Section 
53B-8-202
;
(ii) Section 
53B-8-203
;
(iii) Section 
53B-8-204
; and
(iv) Section 
53B-8-205
.
(b) (i) Subsection 
53B-8-201
(2), regarding the Regents' scholarship program for
students who graduate from high school before fiscal year 2019, is repealed on July 1, 2023.
(ii) When repealing Subsection 
53B-8-201
(2), the Office of Legislative Research and
General Counsel shall, in addition to its authority under Subsection 
36-12-12
(3), make
necessary changes to subsection numbering and cross references.
(10) Section 
53B-10-101
 is repealed on July 1, 2027.
(11) Title 53B, Chapter 18, Part 14, Uintah Basin Air Quality Research Project, is
repealed July 1, 2023.
(12) Section 
53E-1-202.2
, regarding a Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee
evaluation and recommendations, is repealed January 1, 2024.
[
(12)
] 
(13)
 Section 
53E-3-519
 regarding school counselor services is repealed July 1,
2020.
[
(13)
] 
(14)
 Section 
53E-3-520
 is repealed July 1, 2021.
[
(14)
] 
(15)
 Subsection 
53E-5-306
(3)(b)(ii)(B), related to improving school
performance and continued funding relating to the School Recognition and Reward Program, is
repealed July 1, 2020.
[
(15)
] 
(16)
 Section 
53E-5-307
 is repealed July 1, 2020.
[
(16)
] 
(17)
 Subsection 
53E-10-309
(7), related to the PRIME pilot program, is repealed
July 1, 2024.
[
(17)
] 
(18)
 In Subsections 
53F-2-205
(4) and (5), regarding the State Board of
Education's duties if contributions from the minimum basic tax rate are overestimated or
underestimated, the language that states "or 
53F-2-301.5
, as applicable" is repealed July 1,
2023.
[
(18)
] 
(19)
 Subsection 
53F-2-301
(1), relating to the years the section is not in effect, is
repealed July 1, 2023.
(20) Subsection 
53F-2-314
(4), relating to a one-time expenditure between the at-risk
WPU add-on funding and previous at-risk funding, is repealed January 1, 2024.
[
(19)
] 
(21)
 In Subsection 
53F-2-515
(1), the language that states "or 
53F-2-301.5
, as
applicable" is repealed July 1, 2023.
[
(20)
] 
(22)
 Section 
53F-4-207
 is repealed July 1, 2022.
[
(21)
] 
(23)
 In Subsection 
53F-9-302
(3), the language that states "or 
53F-2-301.5
, as
applicable" is repealed July 1, 2023.
[
(22)
] 
(24)
 In Subsection 
53F-9-305
(3)(a), the language that states "or 
53F-2-301.5
, as
applicable" is repealed July 1, 2023.
[
(23)
] 
(25)
 In Subsection 
53F-9-306
(3)(a), the language that states "or 
53F-2-301.5
, as
applicable" is repealed July 1, 2023.
[
(24)
] 
(26)
 In Subsection 
53G-3-304
(1)(c)(i), the language that states "or 
53F-2-301.5
,
as applicable" is repealed July 1, 2023.
[
(25)
] 
(27)
 Subsections 
53G-10-204
(1)(c) through (e), and Subsection 
53G-10-204
(7),
related to the civics engagement pilot program, are repealed on July 1, 2023.
[
(26)
] 
(28)
 On July 1, 2023, when making changes in this section, the Office of
Legislative Research and General Counsel shall, in addition to the office's authority under
Subsection 
36-12-12
(3), make corrections necessary to ensure that sections and subsections
identified in this section are complete sentences and accurately reflect the office's perception of
the Legislature's intent.