Affected by 63I-2-253 on 7/1/2023
Effective 2/2/2022
53F-2-302.1. Enrollment Growth Contingency Program.
- (1) As used in this section:
- (a) “Program funds” means money appropriated under the Enrollment Growth Contingency Program.
- (b) “Student enrollment count” means the enrollment count on the first school day of October, as described in Subsection 53F-2-302(3).
- (2) There is created the Enrollment Growth Contingency Program to mitigate funding impacts on an LEA resulting from student enrollment irregularities during fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023.
- (3) Subject to legislative appropriations, the state board, in consultation with the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget, shall use program funds to:
- (a) for fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023 and for an LEA that has declining enrollment, pay costs associated with Subsection 53F-2-302(3) to hold LEA funding distributions at the prior year’s average daily membership;
- (b) for fiscal year 2022, fund ongoing impacts of student enrollment changes in the 2021-2022 academic year, including:
- (i) assigning additional weighted pupil units to an LEA experiencing a net growth in weighted pupil units over the fiscal year 2022 base allocations associated with student enrollment increases following the student enrollment count; and
- (ii) at the request of an LEA that experienced a significant decline in student enrollment during the 2020-2021 academic year, pre-fund significantly higher anticipated student enrollment growth before the student enrollment count; and
- (c) for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, with any remaining weighted pupil units, pay other weighted pupil unit related costs in accordance with Section 53F-2-205.
- (4) If the state board pre-funds anticipated student enrollment growth under Subsection (3)(b)(ii), the state board shall:
- (a) verify the LEA’s enrollment after the student enrollment count; and
- (b) balance funds as necessary based on the actual increase in student enrollment.
Amended by Chapter 1, 2022 General Session