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2012 Utah Code
Title 53A - State System of Public Education
Article 17a - Minimum School Program Act
Section 151 - Board leeway for reading improvement.

Universal Citation:
UT Code ยง 53A-17a-151 (2012)
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53A-17a-151. Board leeway for reading improvement.

(1) Except as provided in Subsection (4), a local school board may levy a tax rate of up to .000121 per dollar of taxable value for funding the school district's K-3 Reading Improvement Program created under Section 53A-17a-150.

(2) The levy authorized under this section:

(a) is in addition to any other levy or maximum rate;

(b) does not require voter approval; and

(c) may be modified or terminated by a majority vote of the board.

(3) A local school board shall establish its board-approved levy under this section by June 1 to have the levy apply to the fiscal year beginning July 1 in that same calendar year.

(4) Beginning January 1, 2012, a local school board may not levy a tax in accordance with this section.


Amended by Chapter 371, 2011 General Session

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