SB0062 • 2026

School Finance Amendments

Education

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Sen. Fillmore, Lincoln
Last action: 2026-03-19
Official status: Governor Signed
Effective date: Not listed

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School Finance Amendments

This bill changes the flexible allocation to teacher and classroom salary support.

What This Bill Does

This bill changes the flexible allocation to teacher and classroom salary support.

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Bill History

2026-03-19 Lieutenant Governor's office for filing
Governor Signed
2026-03-13 Senate Secretary
Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
2026-03-13 Executive Branch - Governor
Senate/ to Governor
2026-03-11 Senate Secretary
Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
2026-03-11 Senate Secretary
Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
2026-03-10 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling
Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
2026-03-10 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling
Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
2026-03-06 House 3rd Reading Calendar for Senate bills
House/ 3rd reading
2026-03-06 Senate Secretary
House/ passed 3rd reading
2026-03-06 House Speaker
House/ received from Senate
2026-03-06 Senate President
House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate
2026-03-06 Senate Secretary
House/ to Senate
2026-03-06 Senate President
House/ to Senate
2026-03-06 House Speaker
Senate/ concurs with House amendment
2026-03-06 Senate Concurrence Calendar
Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
2026-03-06 Senate Concurrence Calendar
Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
2026-03-06 Senate Secretary
Senate/ received from House
2026-03-06 Senate President
Senate/ received from House
2026-03-06 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling
Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
2026-03-06 House Speaker
Senate/ to House
2026-03-05 House 3rd Reading Calendar for Senate bills
House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
2026-03-03 House Education Committee
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
2026-03-03 House 3rd Reading Calendar for Senate bills
House/ 2nd reading
2026-03-03 House Rules Committee
House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
2026-03-03 House Education Committee
House/ committee report favorable
2026-03-02 Released
LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0062S03
2026-03-02 Version Sponsor
LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0062S03
2026-02-27 House Rules Committee
Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm
2026-02-27 House Education Committee
House/ to standing committee
2026-02-27 Legislative Fiscal Analyst
LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0062S03
2026-02-27 Legislative Fiscal Agency
LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0062S03
2026-02-24 House Rules Committee
House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2026-02-24 Clerk of the House
House/ received from Senate
2026-02-23 Clerk of the House
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
2026-02-23 Clerk of the House
Senate/ to House
2026-02-23 Senate 3rd Reading Calendar
Senate/ uncircled
2026-02-18 Senate 3rd Reading Calendar
Senate/ 3rd reading
2026-02-18 Senate 3rd Reading Calendar
Senate/ circled
2026-02-17 Senate 3rd Reading Calendar
Senate/ passed 2nd reading
2026-02-17 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ substituted
2026-02-17 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ uncircled
2026-02-13 Released
LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0062S02
2026-02-13 Version Sponsor
LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0062S02
2026-02-12 Version Sponsor
LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0062S02
2026-02-11 Legislative Fiscal Analyst
LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0062S02
2026-02-11 Legislative Fiscal Agency
LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0062S02
2026-02-09 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ 2nd reading
2026-02-09 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ circled
2026-01-30 Released
LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0062S01
2026-01-30 Version Sponsor
LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0062S01
2026-01-28 Legislative Fiscal Analyst
LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0062S01
2026-01-28 Legislative Fiscal Agency
LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0062S01
2026-01-27 Senate Education Committee
Senate/ committee report favorable
2026-01-27 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
2026-01-26 Senate Education Committee
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
2026-01-21 Senate Education Committee
Senate Comm - Not Considered
2026-01-20 Senate Rules Committee
Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2026-01-20 Senate Education Committee
Senate/ to standing committee
2026-01-12 Waiting for Introduction in the Senate
Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
2026-01-07 Released
LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0062
2026-01-07 Waiting for Introduction in the Senate
Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research
2026-01-05 Version Sponsor
LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0062
2025-12-30 Legislative Research and General Counsel
Bill Numbered but not Distributed
2025-12-30 Legislative Fiscal Analyst
LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0062
2025-12-30 Legislative Fiscal Agency
LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0062
2025-12-30 Legislative Research and General Counsel
Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

Official Summary Text

This bill changes the flexible allocation to teacher and classroom salary support.

Current Bill Text

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53F-2-208
53F-2-421
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School Finance Amendments
2026 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Lincoln Fillmore
House Sponsor: Matt MacPherson
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill changes the flexible allocation to teacher and classroom salary support.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
changes the flexible allocation to teacher and classroom salary support; and
makes technical changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
53F-2-208
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapters 6, 165
53F-2-421
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 165
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section
53F-2-208
is amended to read:
53F-2-208
. Cost of adjustments for growth and inflation.
(1)
In accordance with Subsection
(5)
, the Legislature shall annually determine:
(a)
the estimated state cost of adjusting for inflation in the next fiscal year, based on a
rolling five-year average ending in the current fiscal year, ongoing state tax fund
appropriations to the following programs:
(i)
education for youth in care, described in Section
53E-3-503
;
(ii)
concurrent enrollment courses for accelerated foreign language students described
in Section
53E-10-307
;
(iii)
the Basic Program, described in
Part 3
, Basic Program (Weighted Pupil Units);
(iv)
the Adult Education Program, described in Section
53F-2-401
;
(v)
state support of pupil transportation, described in Section
53F-2-402
;
(vi)
the Enhancement for Accelerated Students Program, described in Section
53F-2-408
;
(vii)
the Concurrent Enrollment Program, described in Section
53F-2-409
;
(viii)
the juvenile gang and other violent crime prevention and intervention program,
described in Section
53F-2-410
;
(ix)
the
flexible allocation
teacher and classroom salary support
, described in
Section
53F-2-421
; and
(x)
dual language immersion, described in Section
53F-2-502
; and
(b)
the estimated state cost of adjusting for enrollment growth, in the next fiscal year, the
current fiscal year's ongoing state tax fund appropriations to the following programs:
(i)
a program described in Subsection
(1)(a)
;
(ii)
educator salary adjustments, described in Section
53F-2-405
;
(iii)
the Salary Supplement for Highly Needed Educators Program, described in
Section
53F-2-504
;
(iv)
the Voted and Board Local Levy Guarantee programs, described in Section
53F-2-601
; and
(v)
charter school local replacement funding, described in Section
53F-2-702
.
(2)
The state board shall provide all information necessary to calculate adjustments
described in Subsection
(1)
to the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst no later than
October 15 of each year.
(3)
In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
state board shall make rules to ensure compliance with Subsection
(2)
, including:
(a)
establishing the necessary information from the LEA, including:
(i)
fall student enrollment counts;
(ii)
the number of educators the LEA employs; and
(iii)
other information as the Utah Code identifies for each program described in
Subsection
(1)
; and
(b)
requiring a deadline for an LEA to provide the information necessary for the state
board to comply with Subsection
(2)
.
(4)
If an LEA does not meet the deadline or provide the required information described in
Subsection
(3)
, the state board may not use the LEA's information to calculate growth as
described in Subsection
(1)(b)
.
(5)
(a)
In or before December each year, the Executive Appropriations Committee shall
determine:
(i)
the cost of the inflation adjustment described in Subsection
(1)(a)
; and
(ii)
the cost of the enrollment growth adjustment described in Subsection
(1)(b)
.
(b)
The Executive Appropriations Committee shall make the determinations described in
Subsection
(5)(a)
based on recommendations developed by the Office of the
Legislative Fiscal Analyst, in consultation with the state board and the Governor's
Office of Planning and Budget.
(6)
Beginning in the 2026 fiscal year, if the Executive Appropriations Committee includes
in the public education base budget or the final public education budget an increase in
the value of the WPU in excess of the amounts described in Subsection
(1)(a)
, the
Executive Appropriations Committee shall also include an appropriation to the Local
Levy Growth Account established in Section
53F-9-305
in an amount equivalent to at
least 0.5% of the total amount appropriated for WPUs in the relevant budget.
Section 2. Section
53F-2-421
is amended to read:
53F-2-421
. Teacher and classroom salary support.
Subject to appropriations in accordance with Section
53F-2-208
, the state board shall
distribute funds in the MSP
flexible allocation
teacher and classroom salary support
on a
WPU basis resulting in LEAs receiving funding proportional to the number of WPUs the LEA
generates under the Basic School Program
.
to support compensation for classroom teachers
and other aides and paraprofessionals who support classroom instruction.
Section 3.
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on
July 1, 2026
.
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