Section 53F-4-507 - Direction to deduct funds and make payments - Plan for the payment of online courses taken by private and home school students(1)(a) Subject to future budget constraints, the Legislature shall adjust the appropriation for the Statewide Online Education Program based on: (i) the anticipated increase of eligible home school and private school students enrolled in the Statewide Online Education Program; and(ii) the value of the weighted pupil unit.(b) The state board shall, if the state board contracts with a private entity under Subsection 53F-4-503(9), delegate to the state board's contractor the management of the funds appropriated for the Statewide Online Education Program for students who attend private school or home school.(2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1) and subject to future budget constraints, the Legislature shall: (a) consider enrollment projections provided by the authorized online course providers to account for enrollment growth during the appropriations process;(b) provide a supplemental appropriation to adequately fund the Statewide Online Education Program when the enrollment amount exceeds the projected enrollment amounts provided by the authorized online course providers; and(c) in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, keep all other appropriations for the Statewide Online Education Program separate from the appropriations described in Section 53F-4-518.(3)(a) The state board shall deduct money from funds allocated to the student's primary LEA of enrollment under Chapter 2, State Funding -- Minimum School Program, to pay for online course fees.(b) Money shall be deducted under Subsection (3)(a) in the amount and at the time an authorized online course provider qualifies to receive payment for an online course provided to a public education student, not to exceed 90 days after qualification, as provided in Subsection 53F-4-505(4).(c) The state board or, in relation to a student who attends a private school or home school, the state board's contractor, shall deduct money from funds allocated for course fees for a private school or home school student in the amount and at the time an authorized online course provider qualifies to receive payment for an online course, not to exceed 90 days after qualification.(4) From money deducted under Subsection (3), the state board or, in relation to a student who attends a private school or home school, the state board's contractor, shall make payments to the student's authorized online course provider as provided in Section 53F-4-505.Amended by Chapter 24, 2024 General Session ,§ 8, eff. 5/1/2024.Amended by Chapter 368, 2023 General Session ,§ 7, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session ,§ 248, eff. 5/14/2019.Renumbered from § 53A-15-1207 and amended by Chapter 2, 2018 General Session ,§ 101, eff. 1/24/2018.Amended by Chapter 472, 2017 General Session ,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2017.Amended by Chapter 238, 2012 General Session ,§ 12, eff. 5/8/2012.Enacted by Chapter 419, 2011 General Session