SB0065 | Minimum Basic Tax Rate Amendments

Description
General Description: 

This bill amends provisions related to the minimum basic tax that school districts impose.

Highlighted Provisions: 

This bill requires school districts that impose the minimum basic tax to remit to the state the revenue the tax generates and creates a special revenue fund for the revenue that the minimum basic tax generates.

Bill Details
Bill Number: 
SB0065
Year: 
2026
Status: 
Senate/ filed
Last Action: 
Mar 06, 2026
Sponsor
Senator
Lincoln Fillmore
Republican - District 17
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note Amount: 
$0
None
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Utah PTA Response
Utah PTA Position
Oppose
Utah PTA Resolution: 
EDU 2025-3 | Education Funding
Impact on Children: 

This bill moves education funding that is collected through property taxes into the general fund. This lowers the dollars available to schools and will negatively impact school funding.

Commission: 
Education
Utah PTA Public Policy Program
National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions: 

That Utah PTA and its constituent associations urge the Legislature to maintain the current mechanism of public education funding, and not appropriate property tax revenues, or forgo Federal education funding, or use one time funding without a plan to increase ongoing state funding allocated to public education