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S.B. 272: Transportation Funding Revisions

2026 General Session · Originating chamber: Senate

Saved official records and Ledger coverage. The outcome below is from the Legislature’s own step list.

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill modifies and enacts provisions related to public school transportation funding.

  • Amends provisions to allow a charter school to be eligible for state transportation funding beginning on a certain date
  • Requires the State Board of Education to conduct a study related to charter school transportation funding
  • Creates reporting requirements
  • Creates a sunset provision
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

The description and list come from the bill's own long title as recorded by the Legislature. Read the official bill. The Ledger takes no position on it.

Subjects: Charter Schools · Education · K-12 Education · School Finance · Transportation · State Board of Education

How it moved

  1. · Senate1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · Senateto standing committeeEducation Committee
  3. · SenateSenate Comm - Substitute RecommendationEducation Committee
  4. · SenateSenate Comm - Motion to Recommend FailedEducation Committee
  5. · SenateSenate Comm - Recommends Returned to RulesEducation Committee
  6. · Senatefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Fiscal note

From the Legislative Fiscal Analyst's note on 1st Sub. S.B. 272 (Green), dated February 23, 2026. A fiscal note estimates direct costs and revenue; it is not an appropriation.

  • State revenue: Enactment of this legislation likely will not materially impact state revenue.
  • State expenditures: Enactment of this legislation could cost the State Board of Education, from the Uniform School Fund, $30,500 one-time in FY 2027 to conduct the required study, update rules, and provide training, and $49,900 ongoing beginning in FY 2028 for personnel to administer transportation provisions of this bill.
  • Local government: The bill requires that, by July 1, 2028, charter schools be eligible to receive state transportation funding on the same basis as school districts. Assuming current funding, this provision could result in a shift of approximately $6.5 million from school districts to charter schools.
  • Individuals and businesses: Enactment of this legislation likely will not result in direct expenditures from tax or fee changes for Utah residents and businesses.

Bill overview

Sponsor: Heidi Balderree

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

Passed-list membership is not a finding that a bill was signed or took effect. A bill absent from that list is not necessarily pending or defeated.

Latest recorded action

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The full step list is above. Find the bill in the official session list for status, hearings and committee records.

Recorded floor votes

No floor-vote records for this bill and session are available here. This does not mean no vote occurred; consult the official bill record.

Ledger coverage

No Ledger stories with an explicit source link to this bill and session are listed here.