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SJR010S01 | Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution - Income Tax

Description

General Description:

This joint resolution of the Legislature proposes to amend the Utah Constitution to modify provisions related to the use of taxes on intangible property and income.

Highlighted Provisions:

Proposes changes to the article XIII section 5 of the constitution. Eliminates the constitutional provision on intangible property.

The current language: "All revenue from taxes on intangible property or from a tax on income shall be used:
(a) to support the systems of public education and higher education as defined in Article X, Section 2; and
(b) to support children and to support individuals with a disability" is striken

Bill Details

Bill Number:

SJR010S01

Year:

2023

Status:

Senate/ to Lieutenant Governor

Last Action:

Mar 13, 2023

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Pending

Utah PTA cannot accept erasing a Constitutional funding obligation to Utah students without language that Utah public education will remain funded to levels sufficient for Utah children to succeed.

Utah PTA Resolution:

EDU 2023-1 | Education Funding

Impact on Children:

A successful public education is known to provide opportunities to all. By removing the funding obligation, the resolution weakens public education and with it potentially the opportunities that Utah students deserve.

Commission:

Education

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions:

That Utah PTA and its constituent associations and its constituent associations oppose the dilution of the constitutional mandate to fully fund public education and oppose income tax cuts and credits that directly reduce the amount allocated to public educationfunding

Files

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More Information on SJR10 _ 2024 November Ballot on Constitutional Amendment.pdf	55.52 KB

SJR014 | Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution - Education Funding

Description

General Description:

This joint resolution of the Legislature proposes to amend the Utah Constitution to enact language relating to funding of the public education system.

Bill Details

Bill Number:

SJR014

Year:

2020

Status:

Senate/ filed

Last Action:

Mar 12, 2020

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Support

Utah PTA Resolution:

EDU 2010-2 | Education Funding (retired)

Impact on Children:

Provides addition funding to support the education of all students who attend public schools in Utah.

Commission:

Education

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions:

Utah PTA Resolution EDU 2010-2 - Resolved, That Utah PTA continue to urge the legislature to make public education revenue allocations and funding effort a high priority. Resolved, That Utah PTA encourage the legislature to adequately fund critical educational needs, including but not limited to, class size reduction, teacher salaries, technology, textbooks and supplies.

Utah PTA Legislative Priorities:

Utah PTA 2020 Legislative Priority #1. Support education legislation which maintains the constitutional guarantee that the Legislature shall provide for the establishment and maintenance of a public education system, which shall be open to all children of the state; and that all revenue from a tax on income shall be used to support the system of public education and higher education.

Utah PTA 2020 Legislative Priority #2. Support education appropriations which fully fund enrollment growth and increase the WPU by 6%.

Links

Utah PTA Resolution EDU 2010-2 Funding for Education

Utah PTA Legislative Priorities 2019-20