Show September 2007 19 TaM Millard Recreation will hold BOVS and GIRL'S Jr Jazz Basketball registration from September 10 to 21 You can pick up and return registration firms at Fillmore Elementary School Fillmore Middle School and Fillmore ity Library You can also register by phone by calling Delise Fullmer at The boys and girls will be playing in separate leagues but their seasons will run at the same time Please register ASAP it really helps to organize the leagues when you register early Cost is $28 00 if you do not buy a jersey and $38 00 if you buy a jersey Anyone interested in betng a referee for the Jr Jazz leagues please call Delise Millard Countv Recreation Men’s Basketball League to Begin Millard County Recreation is now Men’s organizing a Basketball League Registration will be from September 19 2007 through October 2 2007 from 8 a m to 5 p m Monday through Friday at the Millard ( ounty Recreation Offices at 81 South Manzanita Ave Delta The fee will be $400 per team There will be a meeting Monday October 15 2007 at the In an executive Jr Jazz Basketball League to Begin Recreation Office at 6pm Those interested in having a team in the league must be present Participation in the league will be restricted to 9 teams because of stricted facility usage The first 9 teams to hand in rosters participation forms and fee will be those given entrance into the league All information and registration materials can be picked up at the Recreation Office For more information call the Recreation Office at Millard County Recreation is now organizing a Boys Jr Jazz Basketball League Registration will Ee from Septemficr 19 2007 tftrough October 12 2fX)7 from 8am to 5 p m Monday through Friday at the Millard County Recreation Office at 81 South Manzanita Ave Delta The fee will fe $30 per player with an additional $10 if a jersey is purchased There will fe three leagues grades All information grades 6th grade and and registration materials can be picked up at the Recreation Office For more information call the Recreation Office at Racquetball League Registration Millard County Recreation is now organizing a 2(K)7 Fall Racquetball $30 for each participant which includes court time League The fee will for each scheduled match We will run competitive recreational and beginners leagues for youth men and women if there is enough interest Please register according to your league preference Registration will Ee from Wednesday Septemfcr 5 through Friday Septemtver 2 2007 at the Recreation Office 81 South Manzanita Ave Delta Utah from 8 a m to 5 p m Monday through Friday There will he a meeting Tuesday SeptemFer 25 2007 at 6 p m for the Women's Racquetball Leagues and 7 00pm for the Men's Racquetball Leagues at the Recreation Office For more information call the Recreation Office at order Issued May 9 2007 Governor Jon M Huntsman railed for a statewide special election I Acrordingty Ihe following question will appear on the November 6 2007 election ballot: In February 2(X)7 the Utah Legislature Vouchers This bill will take effect only if approved passed II B 148 Education Establishes a scholarship program for children who newly enroll in eligible private schools qualifying and lower income children who continue their enrollment schools in eligible Jr to the scholarship student's household size as the applicable household si ze for purpose of determining maximum annual income under the income eligibility (ill consider Citizens’ State Referendum the Number by voters 9 Page County Chronicle Progress Millard Jr Jazz Basketball Registration guideline The hill shall be awarded shown in the followin the amounts scholarships or for the amount of tuition for a full year whichever is less (4) ing table private Provides for scholarships Allows school districts Are you for or against As required H within of that program to $800 $3000 to retain II B 148 taking by Utah Code some for scholarship funding EDUCATION Gary R Herbert 2007 GF RAL SI SSION Be it enacted Section H Urquhart S Bramble Curtis Sponsor Parent 53 of the by the Legislature Section Part 8 a 801 Choice in 2 to read Title This part is know n as the “Parent Section of Utah state is enacted ducation Act Choice Section Act ” m Education to read is enacted and purpose Findings The Legislature finds that best informed to make decisions for their children parents are presumed cluding the educational setting that will best scree their children's interests educational of and needs of this the establishment (2) the educational funding in education choice of needs is justified on the basis as determined by their program children parents children are the primary beneficiaries of the choice in education whether sectarin this part and any benefit to private schools program authorized ian or secular is indirect and incidental (3) authorized by this part is available to the in education program children solely on the basis of income level for the year the year for which a scholarship and not on the is sought preceding national race religion or any other criteria and origin the choice in education program authorized in this part is' the choice (4) of parents immediately basis of sex (5) enacted for the valid secular purpose of tailoring a child’s education to that specific needs as determined by the parent neutral with respect to religion and limited in its assistance to a parent who may choose to use the scholarship (a) child's (b) (c) genuine or fees charged by a private school either sectarian of the parent’s child is sought solely as a result and independent private choices Section 3 to oflset which tuition enrollment is enacted 5 Section or secular in of the parent's to read (2) private school" "Eligible Board of means a school that meets the requirements means the maximum annual income allowed to eligibility guideline” household size as published by qualify for reduced price meals for the applicable the U S Department of Agriculture by notice in the Federal Register "Parent" includes a legal guardian (4) "Scholarship student" a student means who receives under a scholarship this part a private school means amounts charged for attending (6) “Tuition" to the private school or transportation fees for extracurricular activities 4 to read is enacted 53 Section - excluding - program created Scholarship Qualifications Application is created to award scholarships The Parent Choice in Education Program (I students to attend a private school under this part (2) To qualify for a scholarship (a) student's the shall custodial parent or legal guardian shall be at least five years of age before reside within to Utah 2 of the year September to a private school is sought and under 19 years of age on the car as determined last day of the school by the pnv ate school or if the indiv idual from high school w ill be under 22 years of age on the last day has not graduated of the school year as determined by the pnv ate school the student (b) admission in which (c) the student of the shall meet one or more follow mg 2001: (i) the student was Kim after September as a the student was enrolled student (n) the (tv student's resident as not a Utah parents had an annual in entena a Utah public school on 2007 or on January less than or equal to 100 of the ear immediately the school preceding income in the calendar guideline eligibility and is sought year for which a scholarship (d) the student may not be a recipient of a scholarship income aw arded under Chapter la for Students ith Special Needs Act Part 7 Carson Smith Scholarships the parent of a student shall submit an application (3) (a) To receive a scholarship the school year for which to the Kurd by the June preceding for the scholarship for the a scholarship is sought except the deadline for submitting an application school years is July 15 the student's Along with the application verifying income as required by board rule parent shall submit documentation deadline (b) The Kvard may waive the application by the July (4) The Kvard shall award scholarships preceding the school year for which the (5) “1 a scholarship school is sought except the deadline for aw anting scholarships for 2007 year is August application (a) The scholarship know ledge that (1) A private school in a public school form in future amounts the same B 148 and accounting (iii) (A) determine that expenditure of scholarship funds have been made for eduand cation expenses and is consistent with other tuition expenditures (B) for the first year of operations determine that procedures are in place for this accounting (b) (i) The independent certified public accountant's report on the agreed upon (2Mb)(u) except as provided in Subsection The board may by rule delay the date when contain the following statement report shall submitted students in the scholarship (3) The following are not level of services that are provided the school year and preceding school year to) for the Section 6 (1) Scholarships Section is enacted 121X17 to read Fund by the Knud subject to the availabilitv of for that purpose by the Legislature shall annually appropnale money to the Kiard from the Genshall Ee awarded money appropnated (Ei) The Legislature make scholarship to scholarsEups (t) If monies are not av (c) payments for all students proiectcd to apply for atlahle to the scholpay for all scholarships requested on a random basis except that preference shall he arships shall he allocated given to students who received scholarships in the previous year n) If monies are insufficient in a school year to pay for all the continuing scholarships A) new may not be awarded scholarships that school during year the monies (B) available for scholarships shall he prorated among the eligible received scholarships in the prev tous year and from the Legislature (C) the K'ard shall request a supplcmcmal to appropriation make full scholarship as Subsection m or (5) (4) provided payments shall awarded based upon the income (2) (a) Scholarships of a scholarship student's parents tn the calendar year immediately the School year for preceding students which (t) who a scholarship is sought The K'ard shall make student's parents scholarship The rules shall provide that the scholarship as follows parents (B) (C) marrird are is widowed shall he based of a prospective is widowed the income upon parental of Kith parents the widowed parent the income of and has remarried the income of the parent and step- parent will assume (3) student if accept (4) Acceptance sent to services full financial responsibility this scholarship of this scholarship for the has the same effect education of my as a parental scKvIarship refusal to con- to Section 614taX I) of the Individuals with Disabilities pursuant Act 20 I’ S C Sec 1400 et seq ” the parent assumes full financial responUpon accefance of the scholarship of the scholarship student for the period in which the sibility for the education Fducation (b) snident receives (c) Acceptance sent to services Fducation Act the scholarship of a scholarship has the same effect as a parental refusal to conaX ) of the Individuals to Section 6 with Disabilities pursuant 20 U S C Sec 1400 et seq tfi) A student's parent at any nme and place the student in another may remove eligible private student from a private school school and retain the scholar- the ship Section Section a 805 is enacted to read 805 Fbgible private schools student a private scKxvI shall (11 To be ehg’ble to enrol! a scholarship al have a physical location m Utah where the scholarship students attend and hav e direct contact with the school's Copy the past 12 mouths divorced parent with Kim the scholarship student resided for the greattF) est amount of time or who presided the greatest financial support has remarried and of the parent and stepparent if the Scholarship student resides with a guardian the income t)ie guardian's income is exempt by Eoard rule The rules shall provide that the income if l parent filed federal adiusted gross income as iBl if a parent was exempt sEiall be based on income the maximum teachers of the guardian unless tin) (A) m Section (7) (4) weighted (a) I'XtepI mill established pupil as provided that verifies a 5 in Section in Subsection student's 7a III) upon review and receipt ol to or continuing enrollment and (7Mb) admission the board shall make scholarship pav incuts in four at a private school ami April cbruurv November equal amounts no later Ilian September of each school year in wlmh a scholarship is in fence (H In accordance with hoard rule the hoard shall make a scholarship payment before the first quarterly ol the school payment il a pi tv ate school year requires payment of tuition before the start of the school year to reserve space fin a admitted to the school student and the student's private school shall notify (8) A parent ol a scholarship the board il the student does not have continuing enrollment and attendance at the school private the hojnl shall cross dice k enroll are made (9) Before scholarship payments nient lists of scholarship students school districts and youth in custody to ensure that scholarship payments arc not erroneously made 0 (a) Scholarship payments shall be made by the board by individual warrant made payable to the student's parent and mailed by the hoard In the private school resiActiveiy Die ehdotse the warrant to the private icliool for deposit into the account of the private schoof (b) A person on Khali of a private school may nol accept a power ol attorney from a parent to sign a warrant referred to m Subsection li'Mal and a purenl ol a scholarship student may not give a power ol attorney designating a person on behalf of a private school as the parent's attorney in lacl partial student 7 Section Section 807 is enacted to read Mitigation monies a school in this section district shall receive monies to miligalc potential impacts unplanned reduction in revenues resulting from the transfer of scholarship students from the district to a private school (2) A school district shall retain in enrollment for purposes of receiving funds under the minimum school program each holarslnp student that (a) transfers from the school district to a private school and (b) resides within the boundaries of the school district student (3) Inch transferred scholarship meeting the criteria of Suhsection (2) shall he retained in eniollmenl the transfer ot until the student would have graduated (a) for five years following from high school il within five scats of the dale or tiansfer or (h) until the student tunslets back to the school district if the student tiansleis As provided due to the back to the school district within five years Tor each year a school disinct retains in enrollment transferred scholarship students as provided in this section the Kiard shall deduct from minimum school program funds distributed to the school district an amount equal to the number of transferred scholarship students retained m enrollment limes ihe average scholarstudents statewide ship amount for scholarship (8) The monies deducted from a school district’s minimum s hool program funds as provided m Subsection 4! shall be deposited into the 'inform School und Scctmn8t la xnx is enacted to read 808 Board to nuke rules accordance wuh Idle 6) t hiptcr 4ba Utah Administrative Rulemaking Kurd shall make rules consistent with this part for the scholarship (a) establishing the application process proefiin including procedures to allow a parent to apply lor a scholarship online (bt establishing how the income ol a scholarship parents shall termined and ) Section la (c) implementing 2oo' the Kurd shall adopt rules establishing (2) B Mav la) the application process for private schools and s holarslnp siudenls and (b) how the income ot scholarship student's parents shall be determined Seclion8 (Il In Act the Section 9 Section 8) la tom enacted to read la Sou ntorcement and penalties Ihe hovd shall requite pnv ale schools to submit signed affidavits assuring the pnv ale 'shisd will complv wuh the requirements ot tins part tb) II a svh'sd luls to submit a signed alii hivu after having an opportunuv to and request d'lass the Kurd may provide explanations dcov the school to enroll scholuship students pnv aic (0 and permission of ot wuhhold scholarship tn) mtcmpl disbursement pavmonts (2) The Kmd miv investigate complain' and convene administrative hcanngs 111) (b) viol uion ot this pari I pon a finding that this part was totaled the Kiard mav denv a pnv ate school students scholarship pennissim to of ot withhold scholarship pzv treats or m'emipl disbursement lc issue ) (a) an order fit of schohrship pavmcnrs fr shall submit board shall annual documentation compart the mcomes listed a 80S to set sc venfvmg income mcome of a scholarship m the income e'lgihffirv student's guideline 'ion 10 Acvi'on'tV (a 0 is enac led to read 53 imuaiion on regulation of private vhool la 8 Nothing in this pin pan's additional amKiriiv to anv stale trict lo reg'l Oe pnva'c v binds except as expressh set forth mdulmllv obtained Sec Section or state income ux forms income shall be based upon on the income ux forms from firing federal and state income tax forms mcome earned from work and listed parents to as defined amount In determming the Kurd sh?li use amounts scholarship the mcome eligibility m effect for the vhool seat immedraielv guideline nd ceding the school sear for which a Scholarship is sought lb) (il Subsection the during support a parent t H (a) The classes are if the iC) with an independent certtf ed public accountant to perfiem the agreed m Subsection (2) and produce a report of the results specified procedures (b) contract financial (G) shown in the table m Subsection amounts scholarship (4) for all grades except kindergarten tie full vcmi scholarship shall be 8S tunes the amounts shown in the table for kindergarten fiir an allotted divorced the income of the parent wuh whom the scholarparents ship snident resided for the greatest amount of time during the past 12 months tE) if the parents are divorced and the scK'larvhip student resided with each parent an equal amount of time the income of the parent who provided more if the (D) scholarships shown in (6) The hoard shall annually increase the lull year scholarship amounts the table ill Subsection (4 hv the same percentage annual increase in the value of 5) rules specifying how the income shall he determined come if a parent if a parent ply to amount (4) by July Scholarship payments (a) full year The (5) year eligible to enroll scholarship students (a) a school with an enrollment of fewer than 40 students (h) a school that operates in a residence or residential a treatment facility licensed by the state (c) (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4 Mb) a private school intending to enroll scholarship students shall submit an application to the Kiard by April of the school year preceding the school year in which it intends to enroll scholarship students school (b) A private school intending to enroll scholarship students in the 2007 year shall submit an application by June (5) The Kiard shall a school’s enroll to students if the application (a) approve scholarship private of this section and pnvtc school meets the eligibility requirements (b) make available to the public a list of the eligible pnv ate schools school year and each school year thereafter by the April 30 (l) for the A) if the status the independent certified pubschools applying to accept for private school (n) may not provide of II here the full text present are as follows' (b) shall have chosen to enroll my child has disclosed to (2) The pnv ate sdiool in which of the school’s teachers and the school's accreditation me the teaching credentials upon those scholarship schools (t) (A) determine that working capital is at least 80 of average quarterly penditures by taking total expenditures for a year and dividing it by four and then dividing average quarterly expenditures into working capital and use the estimated (B) for a school in the first year of operations budget to estimate average quarterly expenditures (li) (A) determine that scholarship payments arc accounted for separately and reconciled to student records and (B) for the first year of operations determine that procedures are in place for llus eral January (m) the indiv idual of Utah the Stale lic accountant’s (3) "Income Section increasing to private which shall be submitted to the Kiard at the times specified in Subsection (2) (c) comply with the antidiscrimination provisions of 42 U S C Sec 2(KXld (d) meet state and local health and safety laws and codes (e) disclose to the parent of each prospective student before the student is rolled the special education services that will be provided to the student if any including the cost of those services (0 (i) annually assess the achievement of each student by administering test scored by an independent (A) a party that prov ulcs a comparison of the student's performance to other students on a national basis or (B) an alternative assessment of the student's achievement if the student and (I) has a disability or limited English proficiency achievement test (II) would be exempt from taking a nationally if enrolled in a Utah public school the results the and test to student's parents (ti) report (in) upon request make test results available to other persons in a manner that does not reveal the identity of any student (g) employ or contract with teachers who or higher degrees or (i) hold baccalaureate (it) have special skills knowledge or expertise that qualifies them to provide instruction in the subjects taught (h) provide to parents the teaching credentials of the school's teachers and (i) provide upon request to any person a statement indicating which if any have accredited the private school organizations Mb) (2) (a) The agreed upon procedures to be performed pursuant to Subsection ter (ii) Education private of Section (5) who transfer in Subsection to the Kiard when the (2Xa) shall he submitted specified procedures private school applies to accept scholarship students and every four years thereaf- Definitions As used in this part: "Board" means the State of Governor Lieutenant VOUCHERS STATE OF I'TAH Chief Sponsor Stephen students effect'’ section 148 Senate size and income on family depending and years 5) Ala 811 Reviewbv a 8! is enacted amfiuif legislative legislative auduor general sha'I Parent Choice n I dma'icti pngnrn cimdocl after 12 Appropriation As an ongoing appropriation from the (renewal vKs dis- !o read general a review and iue conclusion of the the year a report 2l) on 14 School Section peopna’ed I anon pre- Nctin3 II The agenev or m thix parr Title ') fie ihe administration Chapter la Pari 8 sub eel to und ft ot the funre fiscal budget vexr consrmirtx $ O' to the State 2‘b I e in Board due at ion Act created of m |