Bill Number	Short Title	Sponsor	Who Following?	Position	Status	Resolutions	Resolved #
HB001	Minimum School Program Base Budget Amendments	Last, B.	Holly Langton		Signed by Governor	EDU 1990-4	Resolve #1- That Utah PTA continue to urge the legislature to make public education allocations a high priority- Resolve # 2 That Utah PTA encourage the legislature to adequately fund critical educational needs, including textbooks, class size reduction, teacher salaries, media centers, and technology -Resolved #3 That Utah PTA encourage the legislature to allocate sufficient resources to our public schools to enable the schools to enable our children to live successfully in the 21st century
	This bill establishes a ceiling for the state contribution to the maintenance and operations portion of the Minimum School Program for fiscal year 2008-2009 of $2,327,524,711; appropriates $27,288,900 to the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2008-2009 for school building aid programs for school districts; and makes one-time appropriations for fiscal year 2007-08 for educator salary adjustments and bonuses.  This bill appropriates: as an ongoing appropriation, $2,333,813,611 from the Uniform School Fund for fiscal year 2008-09; as an ongoing appropriation, $21,000,000 from the Interestand Dividends Account for fiscal year 2008-09; amd for fiscal year 2007-08 only, $22,347,000 from the Uniform School Fund.  This bill provides an effective date.  For more information on the Minimum School Program, go to: http://www.schools.utah.gov/finance/msp/Default.htm.
HB018S1	Material Harmful to Minors Amendments	Ray, P.	Sue Carey		Signed by Governor	FAM 1996-2	Resolved #1: That Utah PTA and its constituent bodies encourage and support the implementation of store policies for checkout line and magazine area displays which take into consideration community values for the well being of children and youth;
	1. returns previous statutory language; line 49-"taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest in sex [with] of minors;" 2. opens up the Code and includes penalties for persons who believe the victim is a minor-lines 96-104 3. removes provision that Internet providers must verify age to prevent access to material harmful to minors-lines 137-174 4. removes criminal penalties and imposes civil financial penalties for Internet service providers that don't provide information about filtering content; and don't restrict access to material harmful to minors-lines 213-219 5. imposes the standard of intentionally and knowingly for providers in possible civil action-lines 242-247
HB031	Child Welfare Definitions	Harper, W.	Sue Carey		Enrolled	SAF 1977-1	Resolved #3: That PTA foster greater cooperation between existing and developing resources in determining adequate laws in the area of child abuse prevention.
	modifies, adds, simplifies, consolidates definitions in the DCFS section of Utah Code
HB038	Education and Outreach Regarding Substances Harmful During Pregnancy	Menlove, R.	Leslie Dalton	S	Enrolled	HEA 2007-1
HB046S1	Adoption and Termination of Parental Rights	Allen, S.	Sue Carey	S	Signed by Governor	FAM 1990-2 Child Adoptions	Resolved #5: That Utah PTA encourage the legislature to pass laws that will ensure that the best interests of the child be given primary emphasis in adoption matters;
	1. Allows a child-placing agency to access vital records of a child placed with the agency-lines 72-73 2. disallows payments to induce sale of a child-lines 123-27 3. makes sale of a child a third degree felony-lines 140-41 4. court must consider felony incarceration as reason for parent to be unfit-line 174 5. court can waive requirement that adoptive parents and child appear before court if adoption is not contested and agreement is notarized
HB049S1	Budget Reserve Account and Disaster Recovery Account Amendments	Harper, W.	Cheryl Phipps		Signed by Governor
HB056	Property Tax Assessment Revisions	Garn, K.	Cheryl Phipps		Signed by Governor
HB067	Extended Year for Special Educators	Menlove, R.	Holly Langton	S		EDU 1992-2	Resolved #4 That PTA encourage the state legislature to appropriate adequate funding to upgrade salary schedules commensurate with professional preparation and dedication required to perform effectively and with dignity.
	This bill directs the Legislature to annually appropriate money for stipends for special educators in the amount of $200 per day for up to ten additional days of work; and requires special educators to: schedule the additional days of work before or after the school year; and use the additional days of work to perform duties related to the IEP process.
HB068	Educator Relicensure Initiative	Menlove, R.	Holly Langton	S	Signed by Governor	EDU 1977-3	Resolve #1 That Utah PTA encourage the Utah State  Board of Education to change the current recertification requirements to make them more meaningful and workable to the teachers' needs Resolve # 2 That the Utah Congress of Parents and  Teachers will do all possible to encourage meaningful  certification and recertification programs to secure  the updated education that can be provided for all children and youth
	This bill reinstates the license of an educator subject to: payment of the fee, successful background check, verification last license has not been revoked, suspended or surrendered and requires the district with the educator creates a professional development plan based on the educators needs. Provides streamlined procedures for educators returning to the profession, eliminating the need for extensive or expensive course work. This bill needs to include professional development for principals concerning their role and resources for principals and teacher to ensure this process is carried out with the desired affect. There is no fiscal note attached to this bill.
HB069	Repeal of Board Leeway for Reading Improvement	Dougall, J.	Holly Langton			EDU 1997-1
	This bill consolidates the Base Level Program and the Guarantee Program; provides state funding for the K-3 Reading Improvement Program; modifies the distribution of program monies; and repeals the local school board leeway to fund part of a school district's K-3 Reading Improvement Program. This bill appropriates as an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints, $20,000,000 from the Uniform School Fund for fiscal year 2008-09 to the State Board of Education. This bill takes effect on July 1, 2008
HB073	Child Care Providers	Morgan, K.	Sue Carey	S	Signed by Governor	FAM 1990-1	Resolved #2: That Utah PTA support appropriate regulations to ensure quality child care;
	1. requires that providers receiving state subsidy that don't already get background checks are required to get them; they not be license-exempt and be an eligible provider under current Rules-lines 57-63 2. requires adults living in the premises have background checks-lines 64-69 3. requires individuals age 12-17 living in the premises have checks without fingersprints-lines 85-97 4. allows 3 Dept. of Workforce Services employees access to DCFS Licensing Information System to do checks-lines 249-68
HB081	Task Force to Study Performance Incentives for Teachers	Last, B.	Holly Langton	SC		EDU 1983-1	Resolved #2 That Utah PTA instigate committees or  consortiums consisting of representatives from all areas of education to further study and work for solutions to current educational problems; Resolved #3That Utah PTA firmly support adequate  financial funding of the public educational system so that the profession may attract and retain the most competent individuals possible as its members;  Resolved #4 That Utah PTA support tying financial funding to an effective evaluation system that includes peer review so that superior teachers can be rewarded, average ones encouraged and poor ones improved or terminated.
	This bill establishes the membership of the task force and provides for compensation of legislative members; outlines the duties of the task force; provides for staffing of the task force; and requires the task force to give a final report to the Education Interim Committee. This bill appropriates: $36,540 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2007-08 only. This bill is repealed on November 30, 2008.
HB084	Compensation of Teachers with National Board Certification	Bird, J.	Holly Langton			EDU1992-2	Resolve #2-That PTA become more actively involved in activities designed to strengthen respect and support for teachers; and be it further Resolve #3-That  PTA encourage the upgrading of the quality of teachers employed in our public schools thus enhancing and improving the image and value of the teaching profession and of public education.
	This bill directs the State Board of Education to establish a program for school districts and charter schools to provide additional compensation for teachers who obtain National Board certification; requires school districts and charter schools to provide matching funds to qualify for the program; and specifies how program monies may be used. This bill appropriates: as an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints, $275,000 from the Uniform School Fund for fiscal year 2008-09 to the State Board of Education. This bill takes effect on July 1, 2008. http://www.nbpts.org/ $275,000x2(matching funds)/$1,500=366 teachers FY2005 the cost of certification was $2,300 http://www.ecs.org/html/Document.asp?chouseid=5948
HB085	Teacher Loan Program	Hemingway, L.	Holly Langton	SC		EDU 1983-1	Resolve #3  That Utah PTA firmly support adequate financial funding of the public educational system so  that the profession may attract and retain the most competent individuals possible as its members.
	This bill creates a loan program for teachers; establishes program funding requirements; and requires the State Board of Education to adopt administrative rules to implement the program. This bill appropriates: as an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints, $1,500,000 from the Uniform School Fund for fiscal year 2008-09 to the State Board of Education. This bill takes effect on July 1, 2008.
HB088	Elementary Education Co-teaching Pilot Program	Bird, J.	Holly Langton			EDU1990-1	EDU 1994-1 Education Excellence Resolve #1-That Utah PTA continue its efforts to establish excellence in Utah public schools and to make educational reform and financial support a high priority; and be it further Resolved #2-That Utah PTA continue to support legislation designed to achieve excellence in education.
	This bill creates the Elementary Education Co-teaching Pilot Program to provide grants to charter schools and school districts to pay for costs relating to adopting the program; requires the State Board of Education to solicit grant proposals from charter schools and school districts and award grants on a competitive basis; directs the State Board of Education, in selecting grant recipients, to consider: certain benefits that may be achieved by a school district's adoption of the program; and the unique circumstances of charter schools and school districts; and requires the State Board of Education to make a report for three years. This bill appropriates: as an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints, $5,000,000 from the Uniform School Fund for fiscal year 2008-09 to the State Board of Education. This bill takes effect on July 1, 2008.
HB091	Center for the School of the Future Incentives	Draxler, J.	Holly Langton	S		EDU 1984-1 Education Excellence	Resplved #1-That Utah PTA continue its efforts to  establish excellence in Utah public schools and to make educational reform and financial support a high  priority; Resolved #2- That Utah PTA continue to support  legislation designed to achieve excellence i
	This bill appropriates money to the State Board of Education to distribute as grants to charter schools and schools within school districts to pay for costs related to using the services of the Center for the School of the Future at Utah State University; requires three annual reports about the incentive program; and appropriates money to Utah State University for the Center for the School of the Future. This bill appropriates as an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints: $250,000 from the Education Fund for fiscal year 2008-09 to the State Board of  Education; and $50,000 from the Education Fund for fiscal year 2008-09 to Utah State University. This bill takes effect on July 1, 2008. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1IJ4zMUaT4; http://www.coe.usu.edu/deptsandunits/academicinfo.php; http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr046.shtml; and, http://www.d91.k12.id.us/west/admin/WE%20ISQ%20Status.pdf for more information.
HB096	Retired Teachers--Return to Work	Bowman, B.	Holly Langton	S		National PTA  Resolution Teacher Quality	Resolve #2. That National PTA and its constituent organizations support programs and policies for the recruitment and retention of talented and committed educators, with special emphasis placed on ensuring teacher diversity and addressing the special needs of rural and urban areas
	This bill amends the six month post retirement wait period, for reemployment with the same agency, to 60 days for licensed educators that retire and are reemployed from the same school district; clarifies that exceptions from postretirement employment restrictions are subject to federal limitations; and makes technical changes. This bill takes effect on July 1, 2008.
HB101	Amendments to Emergency Injection for Anaphylactic Reaction Act	Kiser, T.	Leslie Dalton	S	Signed by Governor
HB102	Child Abuse Homicide Offenses	Wimmer, C.	Sue Carey	SC	Signed by Governor	SAF 1977	FAM 2002-1 Child Abuse and Neglect Resolved #6: that PTA promote programs intended to arrest cycles of violence which affect children; Resolved #7: that PTA take a leadership role in advocating for all entities who deal with children focusing on the prote
	1. changes child abuse homicide done recklessly from second to first degree felony-lines 42-43 2. changes child abuse homicide done with criminal negligence, intentionally, knowingly, recklessly under additional circumstances from third to second degree felony-lines 44-45
HB112	Public Education Foundation Amendments	Allen, S.	Holly Langton		Enrolled	EDU 1987-1	Resolve #1 That Utah Congress of Parents and Teachers encourage local districts to implement cost effective management practices.
	This bill requires school district foundations to report certain financial information to schools; requires a local school board that establishes a foundation to require the foundation to follow certain accounting, purchasing, and check issuance policies; and makes technical corrections.  See also: http://schoolfoundations.org/en/list_of_foundations_by_state/index.cfm?nodeID=10048&audienceID=1
HB113S1	School Financial Disclosure	Sumsion, K.	Holly Langton
	This bill requires a school district or charter school to: make monthly and year-end reports of expenditures made by the school district or charter school; and publish the reports on the Internet.
HB122	Driver License--Application of Minor Amendments	Litvak, D.	Sue Carey	S	Enrolled	FAM 2002-1 Child Abuse and Neglect	Resolved #7: that PTA take a leadership role in advocating for all entities who deal with children focusing on the protection and well-being of those children and assure that the child's best interests are adequately represented and respected in all processes that impact them;
	1. a minor in legal custody of DCFS who is in foster care can be allowed a driver license-lines 86-96 2. foster parent can sign the application and assume obligations-lines 199-221 3. limits liability of foster parent-lines 222-229 and 260-267 4. authorizes DCFS to reimburse foster parent for motor vehicle insurance-lines 284-296 5. amended on House floor at lines 34 and 296 to include a report to the Transportation Interim Committee on the number of students, impact on division, and cost of reimbursement
HB126	Election Law--Ballot Proposition Amendments	Johnson, C.	Cheryl Phipps		Enrolled
HB 135S1	Grants from Department of Community and Culture	Allen, S.	Patsy Chandler	S		IND 1977-1
HB139	Wireless Internet Access Requirements	Daw, B.	Marilyn Larsen			SAF 2000-1
	This bill addresses the sale of devices capableof wirelessly accessing the internet and the maintenance of a public wireless network.  It makes it a violation to sell a device capable of wirelessly accessing the internet without labeling the device to reflect that fact, provides for a civil penalty against a person who does not restriict access to a public wireless network if a minor accesses material harmful to minors through that network.
HB155	Property Tax--Residential Exemption	Froerer, G.	Cheryl Phipps
HB 158	Income Tax Exemption for Retired Military Personnel	Mascaro, S.	Cheryl Phipps
HB160	Charter School Law Revisions	Lockhart, R.	Ronda Rose		Enrolled	EDU 2004-1	EDU 1991-3 Resolved #1, #3, and #4
	This bill gives the Charter School Board and the Superintendent of the StateCharter Schools more responsibilities and authority.  We need to keep inmind that while these are public schools they have a separate State School Board and separate Superintendent who answer to the State Board of Education.
HB161	Sex Offenders' Contact with Children	Greenwood, R.	Marilyn Larsen
HB163	School Fee Amendments	Frank, C.	Holly Langton			EDU 2001-1	Resolve #1 That Utah PTA and its constituent bodies lobby for legislative funding designated to reimburse districts for a specified percentage of their fee waiver costs.
	This bill provides definitions; prohibits course fees, rental and use fees, certain charges for student supplies, and textbook fees; allows extracurricular fees under certain conditions; and makes technical corrections. This bill appropriates: as an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints, $13,100,000 from the Uniform School Fund. This bill takes effect on July 1, 2008. This bill coordinates with S.B. 2 by providing that certain amendments in this bill supersede the amendments in S.B. 2 and that certain amendments in S.B. 2 supersede the amendments in this bill. This bill coordinates with H.B. 1 by providing that certain amendments in this bill supersede the amendments in H.B. 1 and that certain amendments in H.B. 1 supersede the amendments in this bill.
HB167	A Victim Amicus Bill	Webb, R.C.	Marilyn Larsen		Enrolled
HB 176	Sex Offender Registration Amendments	Grover, K.	Sue Carey
HB206	Tax Amendments	Harper, W.	Cheryl Phipps		Enrolled
HB212S2	Educator Salary Adjustments	Dougall, J.	Holly Langton	SC
HB226	Disruption of School Activities	Moss, C.	Holly Langton
HB231	Local Voter Information Pamphlet Amendments	Aagard, D.	Cheryl Phipps		Signed by Governor
HB232	Elementary School Math Initiative	Mascaro, S.	Holly Langton	S		EDU 1990-4	Resolved #2 That Utah PTA encourage the legislature to adequately fund critical educational needs, including textbooks, class size reduction, teacher salaries, media centers, and technology; Resolved #3 That Utah PTA encourage the legislature to allocate
	This bill creates an elementary school math initiative; establishes program requirements and funding allocation criteria; requires a plan for improving mathematics proficiency and a report on the results to the State Board of Education; and grants rulemaking authority to the State Board of Education. This bill appropriates: as an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget restraints, $18,000,000 from the Education Fund to the State Board of Education. This bill takes effect on July 1, 2008.
HB234	Kindergarten Assessment Amendments	Shurtliff, L.	Sue Carey	S	Signed by Governor	FAM 2002-2	Resolved #3: that Utah PTA and its constituent bodies work collaboratively with existing programs serving children ages birth through five, to better coordinate all services;
	This bill encourages schools to schedule the kindergarten readiness assessment early enough before the kindergarten starting date so that a parent has time to develop the child's needed skills as identified by the assessment.
HB238	Campaign Finance Filing Requirements	Hughes, G.	Cheryl Phipps		Signed by Governor
	Requires all financial disclosures for a campaign be made on time or the candidate's name is removed from the ballot.
HB240	Public Education Funding--Block Grant Amendments	Allen, S.	Holly Langton	S		EDU 1990-4	Resolved #1That Utah PTA continue to urge the  legislature to make public education allocations a high priority; Resolved #2 That Utah PTA encourage the legislature to adequately fund critical educational  needs, including textbooks, class size reduction, teacher salaries, media centers, and technology.
	This bill requires the Legislature, subject to future budget constraints, to annually increase appropriations for the Local Discretionary Block Grant Program, Interventions for Student Success Block Grant Program, and Quality Teaching Block Grant Program by the percentage increase in the value of the weighted pupil unit. This bill takes effect July 1, 2008.   http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/r277/r277-478.htm
HB270	Utah Science Technology and Research  Initiative Centers	Bigelow, R.	Holly Langton	S	Enrolled	EDU 1993-1	EDU 1990-1 Alternative Schedules and Maximized Use of Facilities &-1 Resolve #2-That Utah PTA encourage the Legislature to provide the necessary funding for schools to explore the options of alternative  schedules and to plan, prepare, and implement alternative schedules1990-4 Funding for Education Resolved #2 That Utah PTA encourage the legislature to adequately fund critical educational needs, including  textbooks, class size reduction, teacher salaries, media centers, and technology
	This bill creates an optional grant program to provide an extended year for math and science teachers through the creation of Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative (USTAR) Centers. This bill: creates the USTAR Centers Program to provide grants to charter schools and school districts to pay for costs relating to adopting the program; requires the State Board of Education to solicit grant proposals from charter schools and school districts and award grants on a competitive basis; directs the State Board of Education, in selecting grant recipients, to consider: certain benefits that may be achieved by a school district's adoption of the program; and the unique circumstances of charter schools and school districts; and requires the State Board of Education to make a report for three years. This bill appropriates: as an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints, $11,000,000 from the Uniform School Fund for fiscal year 2008-09 to the State Board of Education. This bill takes effect on July 1, 2008.
HB274	Utah K-8 Online Virtual School	Ferry, B.	Tyler Hatch			1990-4 Funding	1992-3 Equity of Educational Opportunities
	This bill provides definitions; authorizes the State Board of Education to establish Utah K-8 Online, a virtual school; provides for the participation of Utah K-8 Online students in other public school programs; requires the State Board of Education to make certain rules; provides for the funding of Utah K-8 Online; and makes technical corrections. This bill appropriates: as an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints, $4,713,150 from the Uniform School Fund to the State Board of Education; and $100,000 from the Uniform School Fund for fiscal year 2008-09 only, to the State Board of Education. This bill provides an immediate effective date.  See also: http://www.districtadministration.com/newssummary.aspx?news=yes&postid=18646 and http://www.educationsector.org/research/research_show.htm?doc_id=502307.
HB280	School Finance Amendments	Fisher, Julie	Holly Langton
	This bill establishes a ceiling for the state contribution to the maintenance and operations portion of the Minimum School Program for fiscal year 2008-09 of $2,327,524,711; increases the value of the weighted pupil unit (WPU) and appropriations based on WPUs; eliminates the state appropriation for Social Security and retirement for public school employees; and clarifies that monies appropriated for educator salary adjustments include money to pay for certain employer-paid benefits. This bill appropriates: as an ongoing appropriation, $2,306,524,711 from the Uniform School Fund for fiscal year 2008-09; and as an ongoing appropriation, $21,000,000 from the Interest and Dividends Account. This bill takes effect on July 1, 2008. This bill coordinates with H.B. 1, Minimum School Program Base Budget Amendments, by providing substantive superseding amendments.
HB286S1	Permanent Teacher License Revocation for Sexual Activity with Students	Wimmer, C.	Sue Carey	SC	Signed by Governor	SAF 1977-1 Child Abuse	FAM 2002-1 Child Abuse and Neglect Resolved #6: that PTA promote programs intended to arrest cycles of violence which affect children; Resolved #7: that PTA take a leadership role in advocating for all entities who deal with children focusing on the protection and well-being of those children and assure that the child's best interests are adequately represented and respected in all processes that impact them;
	This bill requires the State Board of Education to permanently revoke an educator's license if the educator commits a sexual offense against a minor or engages in sexual activity with a student; and makes technical corrections; includes the word permanently revoke an educator's license for committing a sexual offense against minor or engages in sexual activity with a student
HB287S1	Regulation of Teacher-Student Relationships	Sandstrom, S.	Sue Carey	SC	Signed by Governor	SAF 1977-1 Child Abuse	FAM 2002-1 Child Abuse and Neglect
	This bill requires the State Board of Education to revoke an educator's license if the educator commits a sexual offense against a minor or engages in sexual activity with a student; and makes technical corrections; does not include the word permanently revoke an educator's license for committing a sexual offense against  minor or engages in sexual activity with a student
HB291	Off-Highway Vehicle Amendments	Noel, M.	Marilyn Larsen		Signed by Governor
HB295	Public School Electronic Device Policies	Allen, S.	Holly Langton	SC
	This bill requires a local school board or governing board of a charter school to adopt a policy that governs the possession and use of electronic devices at a school; specifies certain required and permissible elements of the policy; and allows the State Board of Education to make rules that provide: additional direction for school district and charter school policies; and a model policy for local boards of education and charter schools. This bill takes effect on July 1, 2008.
HB309	Election Information Amendments	Dougall, J.	Cheryl Phipps		Signed by Governor
HB315	Child and Vulnerable Adult Endangement Provisions	Morley, M.	Sue Carey	S		SAF 1977-1 Child Abuse	FAM 2002-1 Child Abuse and Neglect
	1. a person who knowingly or intentionally causes or permits a child or a vulnerable adult to be exposed to, inhale, ingest, or have contact with a controlled substance, chemical substance, or drug paraphernalia is guilty of third degree felony-lines 200-204 2.  increases to second degree if child or vulnerable adult suffers bodily injury, substantial bodily injury, or serious bodily injury-lines 205-209 3. increases to first degree if it results in death-lines 210-213 4. affirmative defense if controlled substance is lawful prescription-lines 214-218
HB316	Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant Minors	Hutchings, E.	Leslie Dalton	S	Signed by Governor	HEA 2007-1
HB318	Utah Adoption Amendments	Chavez-Houck	Sue Carey			FAM 1990-2 Child Adoptions	Resolved #5: That Utah PTA encourage the legislature  to pass laws that will ensure that the best interests of the child be given primary emphasis in adoption matters
	1. deletes provisions prohibiting adoption by cohabiting adults so that an adult who is not legally married and is otherwise qualified to adopt a child may do so-lines 103-108 2. makes a legislative finding that it is in the best interests of a child to be adopted by a person or persons who are legally married-lines 100-102
HB321	Higher Education Savings Incentive Program Amendments	Garn, K.	Holly Langton		Signed by Governor
HB324	Not a Drop Drivers Program Amendments	Greenwood, R.	Marilyn Larsen			SAF 1985-2
	This bill modifies the uniform drive license act by amending provision relating to persons under 21 years of age operating a vehicle with a detectable amount of alcohol in the person' body.  It provides that reinstatements of a person's license with fie years after the effective date of a license sanction is contingent upon the person' completion of an action recommended by a local substance abuse authority or substance abuse program.
HB332	Use of Public Schools by Community Organizations	Hughes, G.	Diana Bevan	O	Signed by Governor	National PTA Position Statement- School Facilities	Affirms that adequate school facilities are not only crucial to the success of our nation's public schools, but they are also a reflection of and resource for the communities in which they are located. Since school facilities are a capital asset constituting a large investment of public funds, the National PTA desires that all school facilities encourage community utilization and involvement;
	This bill requires all public school buildings and grounds to be made available as a civic center to district residents for supervised recreational activities and meetings; provides that a local school board may not refuse the use of a civic center, for other than school purposes, unless it determines that the use interferes with a school function or purpose; requires a local school board to ensure that school administrators are trained about and properly implement certain provisions; and makes technical corrections.
HB333	Property Tax Revisions	Froerer, G.	Cheryl Phipps
HB345	Minimum Age for Public Education Enrollment Amendments	Hutchings, E.	Sue Carey
HB349	Open Enrollment Revisions	Fisher, Julie	Holly Langton		Enrolled
HB350	Home School Amendments	Wimmer, C	Sue Carey
HB355	Cigarette Tax Increase and Appropriations for Health Activities	Ray, P.	Leslie Dalton	S
HB368	School Fee Waiver Amendments	Draxler, J	Holly Langton
HB374	Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and Treatment Amendments	Ray, P.	Sue Carey	S	Signed by Governor	FAM 2002-1	Resolved #1: that Utah PTA and its constituent bodies  work closely with school districts to increase awareness of the problem of child abuse and the Utah child abuse laws including mandatory reporting; and be it further Resolved #2: that PTA promote prevention and intervention programs through close cooperation with  families, schools, community treatment programs; and be it further Resolved #4: that PTA aid in implementing a broad-based program to teach young children the skills necessary to reduce their vulnerability to abuse; and be it further Resolved #7: that PTA take a leadership role in advocating for all entities who deal with children focusing on the protection and well-being of those children and assurethat the child's best interests are adequately represented and respected in all processes that impact them;
	1. approval for child abuse or neglect prevention and treatment programs used in schools be approved by local school board or they may grant approval authority to the superintendant 2. CAN Council has a permanent seat for the Family Life Commissioner of Utah PTA and the next three provisions concern this council 3. match requirement for funds from Children's Trust Account can be waived by council and executive director if the match would prohibit or limit provision of services needed in a geographic area; the council has found that some rural areas have not been able to raise the matching funds and have been denied access to child abuse prevention programs in the past 4. clarifies current per diem and expenses for members of the council to exclude gov't employees who receive salary, per diem, or expenses from the member's agency for the member's service 5. changes quorum requirement from 13 members to majority of members currently appointed to the council; the council has had a hard time appointing the ceiling of 25 members and thus the 13 member quorum requirement has made it difficult for the council to do business
HB391	Public School Funding	Harper, W.	Holly Langton
HB407	Community Conscious Internet Provider	Morley, M.	Sue Carey
HB421	Property Tax Freeze for Certain Homeowners	Ray, P.	Cheryl Phipps
HB435	Public Hearings on Property Tax Increases	Froerer, G.	Cheryl Phipps
HB436	English Language Learner Family Literacy Centers Program	Hughes, G.	Sue Carey	U		EDU 1987-1	Resolve