Pub. 9 2019-2020 Issue 2

11 Bill # Title Sponsor Summary Position Final Status HB 222 School breakfast participating requirements Johnson Requires schools that participate in the school lunch program to also participate in the school breakfast program; schools may seek a waiver from this requirement Oppose Passed HB 241 Kindergarten attendance requirements Shurtliff Lowers the mandatory school age from 6 to 5 Monitor Failed HB 242 Charter school operations amendments J. Moss Gives authorizers more effective tools in oversight, especially in a closure situation, and requires charter schools to use GASB as the source of their accounting principles Support Passed HB 251 School construction project amendments Ballard Requires LEAs to appoint an employee or a contract employee to oversee construction projects; prohibits design build; requires LEAs to obtain at least 3 bids for architectural and build projects Oppose Failed HB 357 Public education funding stabilization Spendlove The statutory changes designed to balance the funding between public ed and the rest of the budget; companion legislation with SJR 9 Support Passed SB0021 Education Amendments Riebe Removes the requirement to annually apply to receive the teacher salary supplement; other little clean up language Monitor Passed SB 69 Tax credit for educator amendments Anderegg Refundable tax credit for individual income tax for out of pocket classroom expenses, to cover the sales tax paid on those expenses, up to $1000/year Support Failed SB73 Reading assessment expansion amendments Stevenson Expands the reading assessment to include grades 4 through 6 Monitor Passed SB 94 Reporting requirements amendments Fillmore Permits all LEAs to obtain results from specific background checm Support Passed SB 202 Public education financial reporting amendments Bramble Permits LEAs to amend their financial statements and reports as permitted by generally accepted accounting principles Support Passed HJR005 Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution - Education Amendments Ward Amends the constitution to repeals the earmark for income tax, and requires the legislature to fund education "sufficiently," without defining what sufficient may be Oppose Failed HJR 13 Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution - State Board of Education Ballard Members of the State Board of Education to be appointed/elected as prescribed by statute Monitor Failed SJR 9 Proposal to amend Utah Constitution - Use of tax revenue McCay Permits the Legislature to use income tax revenue for programs related to children and the disabled; companion to HB 357 Support Passed; voters must approve in November