Utah Code 53F-4-507. Direction to deduct funds and make payments — Plan for the payment of online courses taken by private and home school students
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Terms Used In Utah Code 53F-4-507
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Authorized online course provider: means the entities listed in Subsection
53F-4-504 (1). See Utah Code 53F-4-501 - Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Online course: means a course of instruction offered by the Statewide Online Education Program through the use of digital technology, regardless of whether the student participates in the course at home, at school, at another location, or any combination of these. See Utah Code 53F-4-501
- primary LEA: means the LEA in which an eligible student is enrolled for courses other than online courses offered through the Statewide Online Education Program. See Utah Code 53F-4-501
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Supplemental appropriation: Budget authority provided in an appropriations act in addition to regular or continuing appropriations already provided. Supplemental appropriations generally are made to cover emergencies, such as disaster relief, or other needs deemed too urgent to be postponed until the enactment of next year's regular appropriations act.
(1)(a) Subject to future budget constraints, the Legislature shall adjust the appropriation for the Statewide Online Education Program based on:
(1)(a)(i) the anticipated increase of eligible home school and private school students enrolled in the Statewide Online Education Program; and
(1)(a)(ii) the value of the weighted pupil unit.
(1)(b) The state board shall, if the state board contracts with a private entity under Subsection 53F-4-503 (9), delegate to the state board’s contractor the management of the funds appropriated for the Statewide Online Education Program for students who attend private school or home school.
(2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1) and subject to future budget constraints, the Legislature shall:
(2)(a) consider enrollment projections provided by the authorized online course providers to account for enrollment growth during the appropriations process;
(2)(b) provide a supplemental appropriation to adequately fund the Statewide Online Education Program when the enrollment amount exceeds the projected enrollment amounts provided by the authorized online course providers; and
(2)(c) in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, keep all other appropriations for the Statewide Online Education Program separate from the appropriations described in Section 53F-4-518 .
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(3)(a) The state board shall deduct money from funds allocated to the student’s primary LEA of enrollment under Chapter 2, State Funding — Minimum School Program, to pay for online course fees.
(3)(b) Money shall be deducted under Subsection (3)(a) in the amount and at the time an authorized online course provider qualifies to receive payment for an online course provided to a public education student, not to exceed 90 days after qualification, as provided in Subsection 53F-4-505 (4).
(3)(c) The state board or, in relation to a student who attends a private school or home school, the state board’s contractor, shall deduct money from funds allocated for course fees for a private school or home school student in the amount and at the time an authorized online course provider qualifies to receive payment for an online course, not to exceed 90 days after qualification.
(4) From money deducted under Subsection (3), the state board or, in relation to a student who attends a private school or home school, the state board’s contractor, shall make payments to the student’s authorized online course provider as provided in Section 53F-4-505 .