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This bill originally would have limited the State Board of Education's rulemaking authority to only two situations: when a law specifically directs the board to write a rule, or when a law is silent on rulemaking but a rule is needed to carry out that law's requirements. A recent substitute added a third basis, allowing the board to make rules to implement programs that the Legislature designates, including certain actions described in existing administrative rulemaking law. The bill also removes a current legal provision that defines what "general control and supervision" of public schools means under the Utah Constitution, leaving that phrase without a statutory definition, and it eliminates an outdated requirement that the board report to a legislative committee about statutory requirements affected by assessment waivers. Overall, the bill narrows and more specifically defines the legal basis the board must have before issuing new rules, while still preserving some flexibility for rules tied to programs the Legislature identifies.