In accordance with Section 68-3-14 and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g, the program manager shall submit a report on the program to the Education Interim Committee no later than September 1 of each year that includes:
- (1) the number and outcomes of appeals processed through the appeals process established in Section 53F-6-417;
- (2) the total amount and usage of rollover funds as described in Section 53F-6-411;
- (3) a summary of the income verification process and outcomes, including the number of households verified through each method described in Section 53F-6-402;
(4) for scholarship rollovers:
- (a) the total amount of funds rolled over;
- (b) the number of students with rollovers; and
- (c) the impact on subsequent year scholarship amounts;
(5) for restricted expenses:
- (a) the total amount spent on extracurricular and physical education expenses;
- (b) the percentage of scholarship funds used for restricted expenses by students; and
(c) the number of students reaching:
- (i) the 20% restriction limit for physical education expenses; and
- (ii) the 20% limit for extracurricular related expenses;
- (6) in consultation with the financial administrator, all financial data necessary for the preparation of the report required under this section no later than 30 days before each reporting deadline;
- (7) the total amount of tuition and fees qualifying providers charged for the current year and previous two years;
- (8) the total amount of goods paid for with scholarship funds in the previous year and a general characterization of the types of goods;
- (9) administrative costs of the program;
- (10) the number of scholarship students from each county and the aggregate number of eligible students on the waitlist described in Section 53F-6-405;
- (11) the percentage of first-time scholarship students who were enrolled in a public school during the previous school year or who entered kindergarten or a higher grade for the first time in Utah;
- (12) the program manager's strategy and outreach efforts to reach eligible students whose family income is at or below 200% of the federal poverty level and related obstacles to enrollments;
- (13) in the report that the program manager submits in 2025, information on steps the program manager has taken and processes the program manager has adopted to implement the program;
(14) breakdown of scholarship students by:
- (a) private school enrollment versus home-based education; and
- (b) enrollment preference tier through which the student received the scholarship; and
- (15) any other information regarding the program and the program's implementation that the committee requests.
Amended by Chapter 25, 2025 General Session