SCHOOL SAFETY AMENDMENTS
This bill establishes a system for school safety incidents.
▸ amends the International Fire Code;
▸ requires certain state buildings and schools to have emergency communication
systems;
▸ requires school resource officer training to be developed by the state security chief;
▸ establishes duties of the state security chief and a county security chief in relation to
school safety initiatives;
▸ establishes a school guardian program;
▸ requires threat reporting by state employees and others if they become aware of
threats to schools;
▸ establishes some reporting from the SafeUT Crisis Line to the state's intelligence
databases;
▸ requires certain school safety data to be included in the annual school disciplinary
report;
▸ expands requirements for school resource officer contracts and policies;
▸ requires a local education agency (LEA) to ensure that each school within the LEA
conduct a school safety needs assessment;
▸ requires designation of certain school safety personnel;
▸ clarifies that a school may share certain information regarding an incident of bullying,
cyber-bullying, hazing, abusive conduct, or retaliation with a parent upon request;
▸ requires a school to provide regular communication updates to a parent regarding
the implementation of an action plan to address an incident of bullying, cyber-bullying,
hazing, abusive conduct, or retaliation;
▸ requires an LEA to update the LEA's bullying, cyber-bullying, hazing, abusive conduct,
and retaliation policy related to certain social media use of a student;
▸ requires an LEA to designate an individual for bullying incident response and outlines
the individual's duties;
▸ requires panic alert devices and video camera access for schools and classrooms;
▸ requires coordination of emergency call information with the state's intelligence
system;
▸ amends process for secure firearm storage under certain circumstances to include
school guardians; and
▸ makes technical changes.

SCHOOL EMPLOYEE FIREARM POSSESSION AMENDMENTS
This bill creates a program regarding the possession of a firearm by a school employee
▸ defines terms;
▸ creates the Educator-Protector Program to incentivize school teachers to responsibly
secure or carry a firearm on school grounds; and
▸ makes technical and conforming changes.

PUBLIC EDUCATION BASE BUDGET AMENDMENTS
This bill supplements or reduces appropriations otherwise provided for the support and
operation of public education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
June 30, 2024, and appropriates funds for the support and operation of public education
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025.
▸ clarifies application of statute regarding prior-year plus growth hold harmless
provisions;
▸ requires the State Board of Education to establish a uniform amount for the Beverley Taylor
Sorenson Elementary Arts Learning Program;
▸ provides appropriations for the use and support of school districts, charter schools,
and state education agencies;
▸ sets the value of the weighted pupil unit (WPU) initially at $4,443 for fiscal year
2024-2025;
▸ adjusts the number of WPUs in certain programs for student enrollment changes
and statutory formula calculations;
▸ appropriates funds to the Uniform School Fund Restricted - Public Education

TAX INCENTIVE REVISIONS
This bill modifies provisions relating to tax incentives for new development projects.
This bill:
▸ authorizes a community reinvestment agency to enter into a participation agreement
and moves the language relating to a participation agreement from the definition of
participation agreement to the provision authorizing the agency to enter into a
participation agreement;
▸ modifies a provision relating to information that an agency is required to provide to
the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity for inclusion in a database
maintained by the Office;
▸ requires an agency with no active project area to submit a report to the Office;
▸ requires the Office to refer an agency to the state auditor and post a notice on the
Office's website or report the agency to the county auditor and treasurer if an agency
fails to comply with applicable reporting requirements;
▸ requires an agency with unexpended project area funds more than five years after
the expiration of the project area funds collection period to use those funds for
housing;
▸ requires an analysis of whether project development would be likely to occur with
the use of tax incentives; and
▸ makes technical changes.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE MODIFICATIONS
This bill modifies provisions related to conflicts of interest and campaign finance
disclosure statements.
▸ requires an elected officer of a political subdivision and a member of a state land
use authority to annually file a conflict of interest disclosure statement;
▸ requires the clerk of the political subdivision or state land use authority described
above to:
• post an electronic copy of the conflict of interest disclosure statement on the
political subdivision's or state land use authority's website; and
• provide the lieutenant governor's office with a link to the electronic posting
described above;
▸ requires the lieutenant governor to post the link described above on the state conflict
of interest disclosure website;
▸ standardizes the monetary amount that triggers an elected officer's disclosure
obligation;
▸ establishes penalties for an elected officer or a member of a state land use authority
who fails to file a conflict of interest disclosure statement;
▸ requires a municipal or county clerk to provide the lieutenant governor with an
electronic link to the campaign finance statement filed by a candidate for municipal
or county office;
▸ requires the lieutenant governor to post the link described above on the lieutenant
governor's website; and
▸ makes technical and conforming changes.

SALARY SUPPLEMENT FOR SCHOOL SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS
This bill makes certain speech-language pathologists and audiologists eligible for the
Teacher Salary Supplement Program.
▸ defines terms;
▸ makes certain speech-language pathologists and audiologists eligible for the
Teacher Salary Supplement Program; and
▸ makes technical and conforming changes.

SAFE SCHOOL ROUTE EVALUATIONS
This bill requires a school traffic safety committee to include recommendations for
infrastructure improvements in a child access routing plan.
▸ defines terms;
▸ requires a school traffic safety committee to:
• submit a child access routing plan to the Department of Transportation and
municipal and county highway authorities; and
• include priority recommendations for infrastructure improvements in a child
access routing plan;
▸ requires a highway authority to provide feedback on:
• the estimated time and cost to complete infrastructure improvements that a
school traffic safety committee recommends; and
• infrastructure improvements the highway authority has prioritized for the
following year;
▸ requires school traffic safety committees to make recommendations to the local governing board for the local governing board's consideration and discretionary referral to the State
Board of Education and the Transportation Advisory Committee to approve new
bus routes; and
▸ makes technical and conforming changes.

HEALTH EDUCATION AMENDMENTS
This bill amends provisions related to health education.
▸ defines terms;
▸ requires the State Board of Education to establish curriculum requirements that
include instruction in:
• sexual assault resource strategies;
• sexual violence behavior prevention; and
• the legal implications of electronically distributing sexually explicit images;
▸ amends provisions related to when a student receives health education instruction;
▸ requires a local education agency (LEA) to:
• review data, including data on sexual assault, for each county in which the LEA
is located;
• use the reviewed data to inform the LEA's policies on health education; and
• as appropriate, incorporate the data into health education; and
▸ makes technical and conforming changes.

PUBLIC SCHOOL HISTORY CURRICULA AMENDMENTS
This bill adds the "Ten Commandments" and the Magna Carta to a list of historical
documents and principles that school curricula and activities may include for a thorough study.
▸ defines terms;
▸ adds the "Ten Commandments" and the Magna Carta to a list of historical
documents and principles that school curricula and activities may include for a
thorough study; and
▸ makes technical and conforming changes.

SCHOOL AND INSTITUTIONAL TRUST LANDS ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENTS
This bill modifies provisions related to the School and Institutional Trust Lands
Administration.
▸ defines terms;
▸ repeals rulemaking authority;
▸ prohibits state employees or contractors from receiving a financial bonus for
overseeing the sale of trust lands;
▸ creates requirements for the sale, exchange, lease or other disposition or conveyance
of trust lands;
▸ requires a governmental entity to notify legislators of proposed land exchanges less
than 500 acres that impact public lands or trust lands within the legislator's district;
and
▸ makes technical changes.

DRIVING PENALTY AMENDMENTS
This bill increases fines and penalties for speeding in a school zone and failure to obey
school bus signals.
▸ increases fines for speeding in a school zone;
▸ increases fines and compensatory services for failure to obey school bus signals; and
▸ makes technical changes.

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR GENERAL AMENDMENTS
This bill amends provisions related to legislative oversight of government entities.
▸ amends the requirements for an agency to conduct a self-assessment as part of the legislative
budget review process; and
▸ make technical and conforming changes.

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE CONSCIENCE PROTECTION AMENDMENTS
This bill addresses required reasonable accommodations for government employees in certain
circumstances.
▸ defines terms;
▸ requires a governmental entity to grant an employee's request to be relieved from
performing a certain task if granting the request would not place an undue hardship
on the governmental entity;
▸ creates protections for employees who request to be relieved from a certain task;
▸ creates a cause of action for a government employee whose request to be relieved
from performing a certain task was denied;

HALF-DAY KINDERGARTEN AMENDMENTS
This bill amends provisions regarding half-day kindergarten to ensure that a student
attending half-day kindergarten receives instruction in all the kindergarten core competencies.
▸ amends provisions regarding half-day kindergarten to ensure that a student
attending half-day kindergarten receives instruction that meets minimun standards for
half-day kindergarten that the State Board of Education sets;
▸ requires a local education agency governing board to:
• inform parents of the availability of the half-day kindergarten option: and
• provide a designated half-day kindergarten class when half-day enrollment reaches
a certain threshold; and
• makes technical and conforming changes.