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HB0001S01 | Public Education Base Budget Amendments

Description
General Description: 

This bill supplements or reduces appropriations otherwise provided for the support and operation of public education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, and appropriates funds for the support and operation of public education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025.

Highlighted Provisions: 

This is the Public Education Funding bill

Bill Details
Bill Number: 
HB0001S01
Year: 
2024
Status: 
Governor Signed
Last Action: 
Mar 13, 2024
Sponsor
Representative
Susan Pulsipher
Republican - District 45
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note Amount: 
$17,290,013,800
This bill appropriates $19,093,800 in operating and capital budgets for fiscal year 2024, including: $9,122,900 from the Uniform School Fund; and $9,970,900 from various sources as detailed in this bill. This bill appropriates $7,742,706,000 in operating and capital budgets for fiscal year 2025, including: $9,157,400 from the General Fund; $4,543,948,700 from the Uniform School Fund; $242,027,800 from the Income Tax Fund; and $2,947,572,100 from various sources as detailed in this bill. This bill appropriates $3,327,000 in expendable funds and accounts for fiscal year 2025. This bill appropriates $881,484,300 in restricted fund and account transfers for fiscal year 2025, including: $500,599,900 from the Uniform School Fund; $379,134,400 from the Income Tax Fund; and $1,750,000 from various sources as detailed in this bill. This bill appropriates $118,600 in fiduciary funds for fiscal year 2025.
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Utah PTA Response
Utah PTA Position
Support w/ Comment

Utah PTA supports a strong funding system for our K-12 public schools.  This year's Public Education Base Budget Bill proposes significant funding formula changes to several important programs. These changes are problematic because they create winners and losers among LEAs by giving additional funding to some while taking funding from others.  This could cause a loss of programs needed to support our students.

Utah PTA Resolution: 
EDU 2023-1 | Education Funding
Impact on Children: 

This bill outlines how the funding for Public Education will be spent this year.

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

Resolved, That Utah PTA and its constituent associations encourage the legislature to adequately fund critical educational needs, including but not limited to, class size reduction, teacher salaries, technology, programs, supplies, and evidenced-based practices that have an impact on student achievement;

HB0013 | Distracted Driver Amendments

Description
General Description: 

This bill amends provisions related to the use of a handheld wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle.

Bill Details
Bill Number: 
HB0013
Year: 
2019
Status: 
House/ filed
Last Action: 
Mar 14, 2019
Sponsor
Representative
Carol Spackman Moss
Democrat - District 37
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note Amount: 
$0
None
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Utah PTA Response
Utah PTA Position
Pending
Impact on Children: 

The changes would increase the ability to enforce the law by not allowing any manual manipulation and thereby making Utah roads safer for all.

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

Resolved, That PTA and its constituent associations support the adoption and enforcement of laws that restrict the manipulation of handheld and portable communication devices while driving;

Links
National PTA Resolution on Distracted Driving

HB0013 | Children's Hearing Aid Program Amendments

Description
General Description: 

This bill addresses the Children's Hearing Aid Program.

Bill Details
Bill Number: 
HB0013
Year: 
2020
Status: 
Governor Signed
Last Action: 
Mar 24, 2020
Sponsor
Representative
Stewart E. Barlow
Republican - District 17
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note Amount: 
$0
None
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Utah PTA Response
Utah PTA Position
Support
Utah PTA Resolution: 
EDU 2005-1 | Education of Students with Disabilities (retired)
Impact on Children: 

This bill extends the repeal date for the Children's Hearing Aid Program

  1. This bill extends the repeal date for the Children's Hearing Aid Program
  2. Every child deserves a high-quality education, and that's why National PTA fights to ensure all children, including those with special needs, have access to an optimum learning environment.
Commission: 
Family Life
Utah PTA Public Policy Program
National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions: 

Resolved, That Utah PTA and its organizations support continued state and local funding to at least the present level to sustain present programs to educate students with disabilities, including intellectual, physical, emotional, and psychological disabilities; and be it further

Utah PTA Legislative Priorities: 

7. Support legislation, funding, and community partnerships that provide programs and resources to strengthen families and children's social and emotional well being through affordable housing, homelessness initiatives, education, and parenting skills, and juvenile justice reforms.

National PTA and Utah PTA Position Statements: 

National PTA Position Statement - Education of Children with Special Needs: Other community entities that provide related services to students such as health care, counseling, social services, and hospitals should be expected to share in the cost or delivery of services to children who are disabled.

National PTA Public Policy Agenda

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the primary federal law authorizing state and local aid for special education and related services for children with disabilities. IDEA requires states to provide a free and appropriate public education to children with disabilities in the least restrictive environment possible. National PTA is committed to insuring students with special needs have access to opportunities that make them college and career-ready, and that parents are closely involved in the process.

Links
Position Statement - Education of Children with Special Needs
Utah PTA Legislative Priorities 2019-2020

HB0013 | School and Child Care Center Water Testing Requirements

Description
General Description: 

This bill addresses water quality for schools and child care centers.

Highlighted Provisions: 

"This bill: ▸ requires testing of drinking water for lead at schools and child care centers;
▸ addresses funding;
▸ requires action if lead test results are above a certain level;
▸ addresses records to be kept"

Bill Details
Bill Number: 
HB0013
Year: 
2021
Status: 
House/ filed
Last Action: 
Mar 05, 2021
Sponsor
Representative
Stephen G. Handy
Republican - District 16
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note Amount: 
$2,000,000
This bill appropriates in fiscal year 2022: to the State Board of Education - State Administrative Office, as a one-time appropriation: from the Education Fund, One-time, $2,000,000.
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Utah PTA Response
Utah PTA Position
Support
Impact on Children: 

Exposure to lead can seriously harm a child's health, including damage to the brain and nervous system, slowed growth and development, learning and behavior problems, and hearing and speech problems. No safe blood lead level in children has been identified. Passage of this legislation will reduce or eliminate children's exposure to lead exposure in schools and child care centers.

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

NPTA Resolution on Lead Poisoning Prevention
That the National PTA and its constituent associations support the removal of all sources of lead from Resolved, That the National PTA and its constituent associations advocate for lead testing and the remediation of lead contaminated soils and water; and , That the National PTA and its constituent associations support the removal of all sources of lead, including its complete removal of lead from all paints, building materials, and consumer products.

HB0014 | School Threat Penalty Amendments

Description
General Description: 

This bill addresses threatening or falsely reporting an emergency at a school.

Highlighted Provisions: 

Requires a student to be suspended or expelled from a public school if the student makes a false emergency report targeted at a school; enhances the penalties for making a threat against a school; makes it a second degree felony for an actor to make a false emergency report in certain circumstances;

Bill Details
Bill Number: 
HB0014
Year: 
2024
Status: 
Governor Signed
Last Action: 
Mar 12, 2024
Sponsor
Representative
Ryan D. Wilcox
Republican - District 7
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note Amount: 
$0
None
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Utah PTA Response
Utah PTA Position
Support
Utah PTA Resolution: 
SAF 2022-1 | Safe School Policies
Impact on Children: 

Utah PTA supports increasing the safety for children at school. False reports draw resources away from legitimate incidents. False reports disrupts learning and increases mental distress of students.

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

Support programs chosen by the individual schools or LEAs that promote feelings of safety and establish a positive and supportive school culture;

Utah PTA Legislative Policy: 

To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, community, and place of worship.

Utah PTA Legislative Priorities: 

SAFETY: Support funding to strengthen school safety measures. This includes the improvement of school infrastructure to ensure safety and security, implementation of comprehensive safety training, adoption of evidence-based strategies for community violence intervention and means reduction, as well as the education of families and communities on school safety protocols, children's online security, and the assessment of digital threats posed to schools across Utah.

HB0015S02 | Child Care Amendments

Description
General Description: 

This bill modifies provisions related to child care.

Highlighted Provisions: 

Department of Health has authority over municipalities and cities, housing allocation for the expansion of child care facilities, allow increase in after school care, certification of residential child care providers, removes limit of children under 2 in residential care, COVID relief fund grants for child care.

Bill Details
Bill Number: 
HB0015S02
Year: 
2022
Status: 
Governor Signed
Last Action: 
Mar 15, 2022
Sponsor
Representative
Susan Pulsipher
Republican - District 50
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note Amount: 
$0
None
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Utah PTA Response
Utah PTA Position
Support
Utah PTA Resolution: 
FAM 1990-1 | Child Care (retired)
Impact on Children: 

We recognize the need to expand access to child care in Utah, but we also need to maintain high quality child care so these children's potential become a reality.

Commission: 
Family Life
Utah PTA Public Policy Program
National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions: 

That Utah PTA support appropriate regulations to ensure quality child care. That Utah PTA help to educate parents concerning the dangers of leaving all school children unattended, even if the children appear to be mature and have learned survival skills.

Utah PTA Legislative Policy: 

Policy #2 High standards for those who work in all areas concerned with children and youth

HB0015 | Controlled Substance Amendments

Description
General Description: 

This bill modifies the Utah Controlled Substances Act.

Highlighted Provisions: 

Requires a practitioner to check the controlled substance database and consult with other practitioners when issuing a long-term prescription for an opiate or a benzodiazapine

Bill Details
Bill Number: 
HB0015
Year: 
2021
Status: 
Governor Signed
Last Action: 
Mar 11, 2021
Sponsor
Representative
Raymond P. Ward
Republican - District 19
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note Amount: 
$0
None
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Utah PTA Response
Utah PTA Position
Support
Impact on Children: 

This bill will tighten up our laws to reduce opiate abuse by preventing "doctor shopping" and illegal prescription practices.

Commission: 
Health
Utah PTA Public Policy Program
National PTA and Utah PTA Position Statements: 

NPTA Position Statement: Recommendations Regarding Prescription Opiate Abuse Awareness and Preventions
Incentivizing state participation in prescription monitoring programs as a mechanism to exchange prescription data and to prevent “doctor shopping” and illegal prescription practices.

HB0016S02 | Block Grant Funding for Prevention Programs in Public Education

Description
General Description: 

This bill establishes block grant funding for the implementation of comprehensive prevention programs in local education agencies.

Highlighted Provisions: 

18 ▸ establishes block grant funding for the implementation of comprehensive prevention
19 programs in local education agencies (LEAs);

27 • submit one comprehensive report instead of individually required reports if the
28 LEA implements a comprehensive prevention plan;
29 ▸ amends a list of programs for which the Legislature annually determines the cost of
30 automatic increases for inflation and enrollment growth to include the block grant
31 funding;
32 ▸ amends existing prevention programs to accommodate the opportunity for block
33 grant funding;
34 ▸ authorizes the use of certain excess funds in the Underage Drinking and Substance
35 Abuse Prevention Program Restricted Account for distribution through block grant
36 funding;

Bill Details
Bill Number: 
HB0016S02
Year: 
2023
Status: 
Governor Signed
Last Action: 
Mar 14, 2023
Sponsor
Representative
Susan Pulsipher
Republican - District 45
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note Amount: 
$0
None
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Utah PTA Response
Utah PTA Position
Support
Utah PTA Resolution: 
HEA 2019-1 | Prevention & Promotion of Health Behaviors
Impact on Children: 

This bill will allow for decreased reporting requirements of LEAs for comprehensive prevention programs in schools, which should increase comprehensive, evidence based, prevention plans in schools.

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

Resolved, Utah PTA and its constituent associations will participate and support methods to assess and recognize the risk and protective factors in their local schools, families and communities; and be it further

Resolved, Utah PTA and its constituent associations will support evidence based programs to decrease risk factors and increase protective factors in our homes, schools and communities

Utah PTA Legislative Policy: 

To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, community, and place of worship.

COMMITMENT: We are dedicated to children’s educational success, health, and well-being through strong family and community engagement, while remaining accountable to the principles upon which our association was founded.

Engage the public in united and equitable efforts to secure the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being of all children and youth.
 

Utah PTA Legislative Priorities: 

2. HEALTH. Support legislation that addresses mental health needs of Utah’s children and families by increasing education and awareness of current statewide mental health issues; and providing funding for prevention, early intervention, and evidenced-based community outreach programs.

HB0016S03 | Sexual Offenses Amendments

Description
General Description: 

This bill addresses certain sexual crimes committed against children.

Highlighted Provisions: 

This bill: clarifies the conduct required for an actor to be guilty of: rape of a child; object rape of a child; sexual abuse of a child; and aggravated sexual abuse of a child;

Bill Details
Bill Number: 
HB0016S03
Year: 
2024
Status: 
Governor Signed
Last Action: 
Mar 13, 2024
Sponsor
Representative
Jon Hawkins
Republican - District 55
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note Amount: 
$0
None
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Utah PTA Response
Utah PTA Position
Support
Utah PTA Resolution: 
FAM 2009-2 | Child Abuse and Neglect
Impact on Children: 

This bill clarifies sexual offense terms and what they include. This bill will make it so that terms are clear when discussing rape of a child. This would help to keep children safer as this would remove predators from their homes once the abuse is found out.

Commission: 
Family Life
Utah PTA Public Policy Program
National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions: 

Resolve from That Utah PTA and its constituent associations advocate for adequate laws to protect children in all areas of child abuse, neglect, maltreatment, and exploitation

HB0017S02 | Firearm Violence and Suicide Prevention Amendments

Description
General Description: 

This bill reenacts and modifies previously sunsetted provisions relating to a voluntary firearm safety program and a suicide prevention education course.

Bill Details
Bill Number: 
HB0017S02
Year: 
2019
Status: 
Governor Signed
Last Action: 
Mar 28, 2019
Sponsor
Representative
Steve Eliason
Republican - District 45
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note Amount: 
$510,000
This bill appropriates in fiscal year 2020: to Department of Human Services - Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, as an ongoing appropriation: from General Fund, $10,000. to Department of Human Services - Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, as a one-time appropriation: from General Fund Restricted, One-time - Concealed Weapons Account, $500,000.
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Utah PTA Response
Utah PTA Position
Pending
Utah PTA Resolution: 
SAF 1995-1 | Firearms Responsibility / Injury Prevention
Impact on Children: 

Training and Safety information to prevent injury

Commission: 
Health
Safety
Utah PTA Public Policy Program
National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions: 

That Utah PTA support educational programs and intervention strategies designed to do the following: 1) Teach firearm responsibility through use of Utah PTA approved and recognized programs. 2) Encourage parents to talk with and educate their children about gun safety and responsible firearm usage; and be it further
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