SB0077S01 | Education Scholarship Amendments

Description
General Description: 

This bill amends provisions related to scholarships for elementary and secondary education.

Highlighted Provisions: 

This bill addresses the Special Opportunity Needs Scholarship's (known) issues.
1. It reduces the time to provide an audit from 180 to 120 days of the state fiscal year.
2. A private school is not eligible to enroll scholarship students if charges a scholarship student more in tuition or fees than another student based solely upon the scholarship student being a scholarship recipient under this part.
3. It also extend procurement deadline as needed "For the year 2023, if the state board determines that it is not feasible to successfully meet a procurement and contracting deadline in this part, the state board may extend the deadline by no more than 90 days."
4. the state auditor shall conduct regular audits of the SNOS, Carson, and the Utah Fit All scholarships

Bill Details
Bill Number: 
SB0077S01
Year: 
2023
Status: 
Governor Signed
Last Action: 
Mar 17, 2023
Sponsor
Senator
Lincoln Fillmore
Republican - District 17
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note Amount: 
$0
None
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Utah PTA Response
Utah PTA Position
Support w/ Comment

Utah PTA welcomes any effort to keep granting organizations entrusted with taxpayers' money to higher levels of scrutiny and transparency.

Utah PTA Resolution: 
EDU 2023-1 | Education Funding
Impact on Children: 

Utah PTA is concerned with the lack of transparency and accountability surrounding the various scholarship programs. Poor, inadequate, substandard use of funds are detrimental to Utah children.

Commission: 
Special Needs Specialist
Utah PTA Public Policy Program
National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions: 

That Utah PTA and its constituent associations will always oppose funding methods that divert funds away from public education system if the accountability methods are not equal to or greater than those of public education system