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Terms Used In Utah Code 63J-5-203.5

  • Federal funds: includes federal assistance and federal assistance programs, however described. See Utah Code 63J-5-102
  • Federal funds request summary: includes , if available:
                   (1)(e)(ii)(A) the letter awarding an agency a grant of federal funds or other official documentation awarding an agency a grant of federal funds; and
                   (1)(e)(ii)(B) a document detailing federal maintenance of effort requirements. See Utah Code 63J-5-102
  • New federal funds: means :
              (1)(i)(i) federal assistance or other federal funds that are available from the federal government that:
                   (1)(i)(i)(A) the state is not currently receiving; or
                   (1)(i)(i)(B) exceed the federal funds amount most recently approved by the Legislature by more than 25% for a federal grant or program in which the state is currently participating;
              (1)(i)(ii) a federal assistance program or other federal program in which the state is not currently participating; or
              (1)(i)(iii) a one-time TANF request. See Utah Code 63J-5-102
  • New federal funds request: means :
              (1)(j)(i) the formal submission from an agency to the federal government:
                   (1)(j)(i)(A) applying for or otherwise seeking to obtain new federal funds; or
                   (1)(j)(i)(B) applying for or seeking to participate in a new federal program that will result in federal funds being transferred to an agency; or
              (1)(j)(ii) a one-time TANF request. See Utah Code 63J-5-102
  • New state money: includes money expended to meet federal maintenance of effort requirements. See Utah Code 63J-5-102
  • State: means the state of Utah and all of its agencies, and any administrative subunits of those agencies. See Utah Code 63J-5-102
     (1)(a) Before obligating the state to accept or receive new federal funds or to participate in a new federal program, and no later than three months after submitting a new federal funds request, and, where possible, before formally submitting the new federal funds request, the State Board of Education shall review a federal funds request summary of the State Board of Education when:

          (1)(a)(i) the state will receive total payments of $1,000,000 or less per year if the new federal funds request is approved;
          (1)(a)(ii) receipt of the new federal funds will require no additional permanent full-time employees, additional permanent part-time employees, or a combination of additional permanent full-time employees and permanent part-time employees; and
          (1)(a)(iii) no new state money will be required to match the new federal funds or to implement the new federal program for which the grant is issued.
     (1)(b) The State Board of Education shall approve or reject each new federal funds request reviewed under this section.
(2) The State Board of Education shall report each new federal funds request that is approved by the board and each new federal funds request granted to the board by the federal government to:

     (2)(a) the Legislature’s Executive Appropriations Committee;
     (2)(b) the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst; and
     (2)(c) the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel.
(3) If a letter or other official documentation awarding the State Board of Education a grant of federal funds is not available to be included in the federal funds request summary submitted under this section, the letter or other official documentation awarding the State Board of Education a grant of federal funds shall be submitted to the State Board of Education before expending the federal funds granted.