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Description
General Description: 
Highlighted Provisions: 

This bill amends and creates programs to enhance teacher salary supplement opportunities.

Bill Details
Bill Number: 
https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/sb0173.html
Year: 
2024
Status: 
Sponsor
Senator
Lincoln Fillmore
Republican - District 17
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note Amount: 
$0
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Utah PTA Response
Utah PTA Position
Pending
Utah PTA Resolution: 
EDU 2023-1 | Education Funding
Impact on Children: 

This bill is concerning because of a huge fiscal note- in sub 3 the cost is $150 million. It creates a teacher salary supplement program that could cause division and damage collaboration between teachers. Definition of what makes up a good teacher would be decided by a group at Utah State University rather than the local LEA.

Commission: 
Education
Utah PTA Public Policy Program
National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions: 

That Utah PTA and its constituent associations support the maintenance of a stable and adequate funding mechanism to support public education based on the following principles: enrollment growth; inflation; support of a K-12 education Economic Stabilization Restricted Account; funding the USBE Strategic Plan;