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                  HB 65
              HIGHLY IMPACTED SCHOOLS
              1996 GENERAL SESSION
              STATE OF UTAH
              Sponsor: Shirley V. Jensen
          Gerry A. Adair
          Sheryl L. Allen
          Ron Bigelow
          Judy Ann Buffmire
          Marda Dillree
          Lloyd W. Frandsen
Kevin S. Garn
Darlene Gubler
Neal B. Hendrickson
M. Keele Johnson
Susan J. Koehn
Patricia B. Larson
Grant D. Protzman
Pete Suazo
Jordan Tanner
A. Lamont Tyler
Bill Wright
          AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; ESTABLISHING A HIGHLY IMPACTED
          SCHOOLS PROGRAM TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR INDIVIDUAL
          ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS AT THOSE SCHOOLS; PROVIDING QUALIFYING
          CRITERIA; REQUIRING A FORMULA FOR DISTRIBUTION OF MONIES
          APPROPRIATED FOR THE PROGRAM; PROVIDING FOR AN ANNUAL REPORT ON
          THE PROGRAM; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
          This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
          ENACTS:
          53A-15-701 , Utah Code Annotated 1953
          Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
              Section 1. Section 53A-15-701 is enacted to read:
              53A-15-701. Highly impacted schools.
              (1) There is established a Highly Impacted Schools Program to provide additional
          resources for individual assistance to students at those schools determined by the board to be
          highly impacted.
              (2) (a) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the governor's office, shall base
          its determination of highly impacted schools on the following criteria as reported by the schools
          in their applications:
              (i) high student mobility rates within each school;
              (ii) the number and percentage of students at each school who apply for free school lunch;
              (iii) the number and percentage of ethnic minority students at each school;
              (iv) the number and percentage of limited English proficiency students at each school; and
              (v) the number and percentage of students at each school from a single parent family.
              (b) As used in this section, "single parent family" means a household headed by a male
          without a wife present or by a female without a husband present.
              (3) (a) The board, through the state superintendent of public instruction, shall establish
          application deadlines for participation in the program.
              (b) (i) The appropriation required to implement the Highly Impacted Schools Program shall
          be made under Title 53A, Chapter 17a, Minimum School Program Act.
              (ii) The state superintendent of public instruction shall administer and distribute the
          appropriation to individual schools according to a formula established by the board.
              (c) (i) Each participating school shall receive a base allocation from the appropriation.
              (ii) Additional monies from the appropriation shall be allocated on the basis of a formula
          which takes into consideration the total number of students at each participating school and the
          number of students at each school who are within the categories listed in Subsection (2).
              (4) This appropriation is in addition to any appropriation made for class-size reduction under
          Section 53A-17a-124.5 .
              (5) A highly impacted school may use part or all of its allocation to lengthen the school year
          or extend the school day in order to provide individual assistance to students.
              (6) (a) The board shall monitor the program and require each participant school to file a
          report on the use and effectiveness of the appropriation in meeting the educational needs and
          involving parents of students who attend these highly impacted schools.
              (b) The board shall make an annual report to the Legislature on the success of the overall
          program.
              (7) The funding formula criteria shall be reviewed by the interim education committee by
          December 1997. In addition, a review shall be prepared by the legislative fiscal analyst.
              Section 2. Effective date.
              This act takes effect on July 1, 1996.

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