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The Utah Public Finance Website, which lets residents look up how public money is spent, would see changes under this bill affecting how school districts and charter schools report financial information. The bill would require the Office of the State Auditor to create standardized job title categories, called "common naming conventions," and require all public entities that post payroll information to the website—including school districts and charter schools—to use these standard titles so that pay data can be compared more consistently across different government bodies. It would also clarify that "public financial information" does not include payments school districts and charter schools make to outside contractors or vendors, meaning those payments would not need to be posted on the website or reported elsewhere as public financial information, though the bill notes this exception does not apply to payments made to actual employees of the school or district.