The Utah State Board of Education Law and Licensing Committee voted unanimously to repeal R277603, the board rule that governed distribution of the autism awareness restricted account after the legislature transferred control of the funds to the State Tax Commission.

Ben Rasmussen, director of law and professional practices, told the committee the rule is no longer necessary because authority over the account moved to another state agency: "This is a pretty straightforward... an account which the legislature has transferred from the board managing the funds to the state tax commission managing the funds. So we don't need to maintain a rule for something that we don't have authority over anymore. So the recommendation is just to repeal the rule," Rasmussen said.

Committee members framed the vote as a technical housekeeping action. A motion to repeal on first reading and recommend repeal on second and final reading passed unanimously.

The action will go to the full board for second- and final-reading consideration.