1. (1) The terms defined in Section 53G-7-1301 apply to this section.
2. (2) Subject to future budget constraints, the Legislature shall annually appropriate money from the Teacher and Student Success Account described in Section 53F-9-306 to the state board for the Teacher and Student Success Program.

3. (3) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(a), the state board shall calculate an amount to distribute to an LEA that is the product of:

   1. (a) the percentage of weighted pupil units in the LEA compared to the total number of weighted pupil units for all LEAs in the state; and

   2. (b) the amount of the appropriation described in Subsection (2), less the amount calculated, in accordance with state board rule, for:

      1. (i) an LEA that is in the LEA's first year of operation; and
      2. (ii) the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
4. (4) The state board shall distribute to an LEA an amount calculated for the LEA as described in Subsection (3) if the LEA governing board of the LEA has submitted an LEA governing board student success framework as required by the program.

5. (5) In accordance with this section, Title 53G, Chapter 7, Part 13, Teacher and Student Success Program, and Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the state board:

   1. (a) shall make rules to calculate an LEA distribution for:

      1. (i) an LEA that is in the LEA's first year of operation; and
      2. (ii) the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, taking into account all students who receive services from the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, regardless of whether a student is enrolled in another LEA; and
   2. (b) may make rules to distribute funds as described in this section.

Amended by Chapter 408, 2020 General Session