Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SB189: School District Funding Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill establishes a framework for addressing enrollment growth disparities when school districts reorganize.
What the bill says
From the substitute text, March 3, 2026:
0 School District Funding Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Emily Buss House Sponsor: Tracy J. Miller LONG TITLE General Description: This bill establishes a framework for addressing enrollment growth disparities when school districts reorganize. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - authorizes successor districts to create voluntary high growth transition loan arrangements; - establishes criteria for identifying high growth successor districts; - requires high growth transition planning during asset allocation; - directs the State Board of Education to track and report on growth patterns in reorganizations; and - authorizes the State Board to develop model policies and guidance. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 53G-3-302 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 33 ENACTS: 53F-10-501 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 53F-10-502 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 53F-10-503 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 53F-10-504 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 53F-10-501 is enacted to read: 5. High Growth Framework for School District Reorganizations 53F-10-501 . General provisions -- Definitions. (1) "ADM" means average daily membership, as defined in Section 53F-2-102. (2) "Allocation date" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-3-102. (3) "Creation date" means the same as that term is …
Sponsors
- Buss, Emily (I, 11) · primary sponsor
- Miller, Tracy (R, 45)
- Heidi Balderree (R, 22)
- Jason Thompson (R, 3)
Latest actions
- : Senate/ filed
- : Senate/ received from House
- : House/ to Senate
- : House/ strike enacting clause
- : House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- : House/ circled
- : House/ 3rd reading
- : House/ 2nd reading
- : House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- : House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
Votes
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading (March 3, 2026): 25 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading (February 26, 2026): 16 yea, 12 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (February 6, 2026): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 6, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: School Finance, State Board of Education, Education, K-12 Education, School Facilities, Education Grant Programs
Common questions
- What is SB189?
- SB189 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): School District Funding Amendments.
- What does SB189 do?
- This bill establishes a framework for addressing enrollment growth disparities when school districts reorganize.
- What is the status of SB189?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: Senate/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB189?
- Buss, Emily (I, 11), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB189?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0189.html
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