2023 Utah Code › Title 53F - Public Education System -- Funding › Chapter 2 - State Funding -- Minimum School Program › Part 3 - Basic Program (Weighted Pupil Units) › Section 301 - Minimum basic tax rate for a fiscal year that begins after July 1, 2022.

Effective 7/1/2023
53F-2-301.
Minimum basic tax rate for a fiscal year that begins after July 1, 2022.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Basic levy increment rate" means a tax rate that will generate an amount of revenue equal to $75,000,000.
(b) "Combined basic rate" means a rate that is the sum of:
(i) the minimum basic tax rate; and
(ii) the WPU value rate.
(c) "Commission" means the State Tax Commission.
(d) "Minimum basic local amount" means an amount that is:
(i) equal to the sum of:
(A) the school districts' contribution to the basic school program the previous fiscal year;
(B) the amount generated by the basic levy increment rate; and
(C) the eligible new growth, as defined in Section 59-2-924 and rules of the State Tax Commission multiplied by the minimum basic rate; and
(ii) set annually by the Legislature in Subsection (2)(a).
(e) "Minimum basic tax rate" means a tax rate certified by the commission that will generate an amount of revenue equal to the minimum basic local amount described in Subsection (2)(a).
(f) "Weighted pupil unit value" or "WPU value" means the amount established each year in the enacted public education budget that is multiplied by the number of weighted pupil units to yield the funding level for the basic school program.
(g) "WPU value amount" means an amount:
(i) that is equal to the product of:
(A) the WPU value increase limit; and
(B) the percentage share of local revenue to the cost of the basic school program in the immediately preceding fiscal year; and
(ii) set annually by the Legislature in Subsection (3)(a).
(h) "WPU value increase limit" means the lesser of:
(i) the total cost to the basic school program to increase the WPU value over the WPU value in the prior fiscal year; or
(ii) the total cost to the basic school program to increase the WPU value by 4% over the WPU value in the prior fiscal year.
(i) "WPU value rate" means a tax rate certified by the commission that will generate an amount of revenue equal to the WPU value amount described in Subsection (3)(a).
(2)
(a) The minimum basic local amount for the fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2023, is $708,960,800 in revenue statewide.
(b) The preliminary estimate of the minimum basic tax rate for a fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2023, is .001356.
(3)
(a) The WPU value amount for the fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2023, is $27,113,600 in revenue statewide.
(b) The preliminary estimate of the WPU value rate for the fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2023, is .000052.
(4)
(a) On or before June 22, the commission shall certify for the year:
(i) the minimum basic tax rate; and
(ii) the WPU value rate.
(b) The estimate of the minimum basic tax rate provided in Subsection (2)(b) and the estimate of the WPU value rate provided in Subsection (3)(b) are based on a forecast for property values for the next calendar year.
(c) The certified minimum basic tax rate described in Subsection (4)(a)(i) and the certified WPU value rate described in Subsection (4)(a)(ii) are based on property values as of January 1 of the current calendar year, except personal property, which is based on values from the previous calendar year.
(5)
(a) To qualify for receipt of the state contribution toward the basic school program and as a school district's contribution toward the cost of the basic school program for the school district, each local school board shall impose the combined basic rate.
(b)
(i) The state is not subject to the notice requirements of Section 59-2-926 before imposing the tax rates described in this Subsection (5).
(ii) The state is subject to the notice requirements of Section 59-2-926 if the state authorizes a tax rate that exceeds the tax rates described in this Subsection (5).
(6)
(a) The state shall contribute to each school district toward the cost of the basic school program in the school district an amount of money that is the difference between the cost of the school district's basic school program and the sum of revenue generated by the school district by the following:
(i) the combined basic rate; and
(ii) the basic levy increment rate.
(b)
(i) If the difference described in Subsection (6)(a) equals or exceeds the cost of the basic school program in a school district, no state contribution shall be made to the basic school program for the school district.
(ii) The proceeds of the difference described in Subsection (6)(a) that exceed the cost of the basic school program shall be paid into the Uniform School Fund as provided by law and by the close of the fiscal year in which the proceeds were calculated.
(7) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Division of Finance shall deposit an amount equal to the proceeds generated statewide:
(a) by the basic levy increment rate into the Minimum Basic Growth Account created in Section 53F-9-302; and
(b) by the WPU value rate into the Teacher and Student Success Account created in Section 53F-9-306.
Amended by Chapter 7, 2023 General Session
Amended by Chapter 467, 2023 General Session
Amended by Chapter 467, 2023 General Session, (Coordination Clause)