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Utah House Bill HB0486

Utah 2025 Regular Session

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44 2025 GENERAL SESSION
55 STATE OF UTAH
66 Chief Sponsor: Jordan D. Teuscher
77 Senate Sponsor:
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1111 LONG TITLE
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1313 General Description:
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1515 This bill allows a local education agency governing board to determine a school term.
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1717 Highlighted Provisions:
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1919 This bill:
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2121 ▸ makes technical and conforming changes;
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2323 ▸ removes the requirement to set a school term from the State Board of Education;
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2525 ▸ requires a local education agency governing board to set a school term; and
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2727 ▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
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2929 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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3131 None
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3333 Other Special Clauses:
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3535 This bill provides a special effective date.
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3737 Utah Code Sections Affected:
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3939 AMENDS:
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4141 53F-2-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 17
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4343 53F-3-202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 471
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4545 53F-3-203, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 471
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4949 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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5151 Section 1. Section 53F-2-102 is amended to read:
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5353 53F-2-102 . Definitions.
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5555 As used in this chapter:
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5757 (1) "Basic state-supported school program," "basic program," or "basic school program"
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5959 means public education programs for kindergarten, elementary, and secondary school
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6161 students that are operated and maintained for the amount derived by multiplying the
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6363 number of weighted pupil units for each school district or charter school by the value
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6565 established each year in the enacted public education budget, except as otherwise
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6868 provided in this chapter.
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7070 (2) "LEA governing board" means a local school board or charter school governing board.
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7272 (3) "Pupil in average daily membership" or "ADM" means a full-day equivalent pupil.
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7474 (4)(a) "Minimum School Program" means the state-supported public school programs
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7676 for kindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools as described in this Subsection
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7878 (4).
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8080 (b) The Minimum School Program established in school districts and charter schools
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8282 shall include[ the equivalent of] a school term [of nine months as determined by the
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8484 state board] as an LEA governing board determines.
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8686 (c)(i) [The state board] An LEA governing board shall establish the number of days or
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8888 equivalent instructional hours that school is held for an academic school year.
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9090 (ii) Education, enhanced by utilization of technologically enriched delivery systems,
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9292 when approved by an LEA governing board, shall receive full support by the state
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9494 board as it pertains to fulfilling the attendance requirements, excluding time spent
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9696 viewing commercial advertising.
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9898 (d)(i) An LEA governing board may [reallocate] designate up to 32 instructional
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100100 hours or four school days established under Subsection (4)(c) for teacher
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102102 preparation time or teacher professional development.
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104104 (ii) A [reallocation] designation of instructional hours or school days under
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106106 Subsection (4)(d)(i) is subject to the approval of two-thirds of the members of an
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108108 LEA governing board voting in a regularly scheduled meeting:
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110110 (A) at which a quorum of the LEA governing board is present; and
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112112 (B) held in compliance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
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114114 (iii) If an LEA governing board [reallocates] designates instructional hours or school
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116116 days as provided by this Subsection (4)(d), the school district or charter school
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118118 shall notify students' parents of the school calendar at least:
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120120 (A) 90 days before the beginning of the school year; or
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122122 (B) for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years, due to circumstances within
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124124 the LEA or a given school due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at least 14 calendar
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126126 days before the reallocated instructional hours or school days.
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128128 (iv) Instructional hours or school days [reallocated] an LEA governing board
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130130 designates for teacher preparation time or teacher professional development
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132132 pursuant to this Subsection (4)(d) is considered part of a school term referred to in
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134134 Subsection (4)(b).
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137137 (e) The Minimum School Program includes a program or allocation funded by a line
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139139 item appropriation or other appropriation designated as follows:
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141141 (i) Basic School Program;
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143143 (ii) Related to Basic Programs;
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145145 (iii) Voted and Board Levy Programs; or
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147147 (iv) Minimum School Program.
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149149 (5) "Weighted pupil unit or units or WPU or WPUs" means the unit of measure of factors
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151151 that is computed in accordance with this chapter for the purpose of determining the costs
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153153 of a program on a uniform basis for each school district or charter school.
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155155 Section 2. Section 53F-3-202 is amended to read:
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157157 53F-3-202 . Capital Outlay Foundation Program created -- Distribution formulas
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159159 -- Allocations.
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161161 (1) As used in this section:
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163163 (a) "ADM" or "pupil in average daily membership" means the same as that term is
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165165 defined in Section 53F-2-102 excluding a pupil [fully ]enrolled in [an] a full-time
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167167 equivalent online education program[ for at least 180 days].
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169169 (b) "Foundation guarantee level per ADM" means a minimum revenue amount per
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171171 ADM generated by the base tax effort rate, including the following:
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173173 (i) the revenue generated locally from a school district's combined capital levy rate;
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175175 and
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177177 (ii) the revenue allocated to a school district by the state board in accordance with
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179179 Section 53F-3-203.
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181181 (c) "Qualifying school district" means a school district with a property tax yield per
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183183 ADM less than the foundation guarantee level per ADM.
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185185 (d) "Small school district" means a school district that has fewer than 1,000 pupils in
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187187 average daily membership.
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189189 (2) There is created the Capital Outlay Foundation Program to provide capital outlay
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191191 funding to a school district based on a district's local property tax effort and property tax
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193193 yield per student compared to a foundation guarantee funding level.
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195195 (3)(a) The state board shall determine the foundation guarantee level per ADM that fully
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197197 allocates the funds appropriated to the state board for distribution under this section.
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199199 (b) In determining the foundation guarantee level per ADM and a school district's
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201201 allocation of funds under this section, the state board shall use data from the fiscal
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203203 year that is two years prior to the fiscal year the school district receives the
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206206 allocation, including the:
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208208 (i) number of pupils in average daily membership;
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210210 (ii) tax rates; and
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212212 (iii) derived net taxable value.
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214214 (4) By June 1, a county treasurer shall report to the state board the actual collections of
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216216 property taxes in the school districts located within the county treasurer's county for the
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218218 period beginning April 1 through the following March 31 immediately preceding that
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220220 June 1.
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222222 (5) If a qualifying school district imposes a combined capital levy rate that is greater than or
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224224 equal to the base tax effort rate, the state board shall allocate to the qualifying school
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226226 district an amount equal to the product of the following:
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228228 (a) the qualifying school district's ADM; and
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230230 (b) an amount equal to the difference between the following:
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232232 (i) the foundation guarantee level per ADM, as determined in accordance with
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234234 Subsection (3); and
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236236 (ii) the qualifying school district's property tax yield per ADM.
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238238 (6) If a qualifying school district imposes a combined capital levy rate less than the base tax
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240240 effort rate, the state board shall allocate to the qualifying school district an amount equal
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242242 to the product of the following:
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244244 (a) the qualifying school district's ADM;
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246246 (b) an amount equal to the difference between the following:
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248248 (i) the foundation guarantee level per ADM; and
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250250 (ii) the qualifying school district's property tax yield per ADM; and
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252252 (c) a percentage equal to:
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254254 (i) the qualifying school district's combined capital levy rate; divided by
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256256 (ii) the base tax effort rate.
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258258 (7)(a) The state board shall allocate:
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260260 (i) a minimum of $200,000 to each small school district with a property tax base per
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262262 ADM less than or equal to the statewide average property tax base per ADM;
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264264 (ii) a minimum of $100,000 to each small school district with a property tax base per
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266266 ADM that is:
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268268 (A) greater than the statewide average property tax base per ADM; and
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270270 (B) less than or equal to two times the statewide average property tax base per
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272272 ADM; and
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275275 (iii) a minimum of $50,000 to each small school district with a property tax base per
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277277 ADM that is:
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279279 (A) greater than two times the statewide average property tax base per ADM; and
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281281 (B) less than or equal to five times the statewide average property tax base per
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283283 ADM.
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285285 (b) The state board shall incorporate the minimum allocations described in Subsection
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287287 (7)(a) in its calculation of the foundation guarantee level per ADM determined in
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289289 accordance with Subsection (3).
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291291 Section 3. Section 53F-3-203 is amended to read:
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293293 53F-3-203 . Capital Outlay Enrollment Growth Program created -- Distribution
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295295 formulas -- Allocations.
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297297 (1) As used in this section:
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299299 (a) "Average annual net enrollment increase" means the quotient of:
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301301 (i)(A) enrollment in the prior fiscal year, based on October 1 enrollment counts
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303303 excluding a pupil [fully ]enrolled in [an] a full-time equivalent online education
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305305 program[ for at least 180 days]; minus
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307307 (B) enrollment in the year four years prior, based on October 1 enrollment counts
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309309 excluding a pupil [fully ]enrolled in [an] a full-time equivalent online education
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311311 program[ for at least 180 days]; divided by
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313313 (ii) three.
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315315 (b) "Eligible district" or "eligible school district" means a school district that:
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317317 (i) has an average annual net enrollment increase; and
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319319 (ii) has a property tax base per ADM in the year two years prior that is less than two
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321321 times the statewide average property tax base per ADM in the year two years prior.
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323323 (2) There is created the Capital Outlay Enrollment Growth Program to provide capital
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325325 outlay funding to school districts experiencing net enrollment increases.
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327327 (3) The state board shall annually allocate appropriated funds to eligible school districts in
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329329 accordance with Subsection (4).
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331331 (4) The state board shall allocate to an eligible school district an amount equal to the
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333333 product of:
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335335 (a) the quotient of:
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337337 (i) the eligible school district's average annual net enrollment increase; divided by
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339339 (ii) the sum of the average annual net enrollment increase in all eligible school
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344344 (b) the total amount appropriated for the Capital Outlay Enrollment Growth Program in
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346346 that fiscal year.
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348348 Section 4. Effective Date.
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350350 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2025.
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