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Senate passes House Bill 4 with no cuts to minimum school program
Summary
Lawmakers approved House Bill 4, a supplemental adjustment to the current school-year minimum school program that reallocated $15.6 million in one-time uniform school funds without reducing total program funding; the Senate approved the bill 28-0 (1 absent).
The Utah State Senate passed House Bill 4, which adjusts the current-school-year minimum school program budget, after brief floor consideration.
Senator Howard Stevenson, sponsor on the floor, said the measure contains no reductions to the minimum school program overall and reallocates funds between programs. He described a $15,600,000 transfer of one-time uniform school funds to backfill FY2010 reductions for educator salary adjustments and voted/board leeway state guarantees.
Why it matters: Supporters said the bill preserves the overall funding level for Utah—s minimum school program while shifting one-time revenues to address specific budget problems.
Vote and next steps: The Senate recorded 28 yea votes, 0 nays and 1 absence on final passage. The bill was returned to the House for signature by the Speaker.
Quotations from the floor: "This is the minimum school program adjustments to the current 2010 school year budget," Stevenson said during his presentation. "There is no reduction to or change in overall funding to the minimum school program."
Procedural note: Senators considered the bill under suspension of the rules for second- and third-reading and final passage, citing urgency tied to the fiscal calendar.
