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Utah's outdoor recreation funding structure would see several changes under this bill. It would rename the state's "Outdoor Adventure Infrastructure Restricted Account" to the "Outdoor Adventure Restricted Account" and would create a new "Every Kid Outdoors Initiative" run by the Division of Outdoor Recreation to connect children ages 3 to 18 with the outdoors through field trips, events, and nature-based learning, with a particular focus on underserved communities and building skills in science, technology, engineering, and math. The bill would expand what the account's money can pay for—adding the new children's initiative, existing outdoor recreation grant programs, and administrative costs—and would restructure how the account's funds are divided, setting minimum shares for state parks, a new outdoor recreation grants and children's initiative fund, larger infrastructure grant programs, big capital projects recommended by the Outdoor Adventure Commission, and the Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration District, while also letting the Division of Outdoor Recreation use grant-program money to cover its own administrative costs. Finally, the bill would loosen eligibility rules for the state's children's outdoor recreation education grants (UCORE grants) by removing the current ban on federal agencies and most state agencies applying, while continuing to prohibit for-profit entities from receiving these grants.