HB0107S02 | Effective Teachers in High Poverty Schools Incentive Program Amendments

Description
General Description: 

This bill amends the Effective Teachers in High Poverty Schools Incentive Program.

Bill Details
Bill Number: 
HB0107S02
Year: 
2020
Status: 
Governor Signed
Last Action: 
Mar 30, 2020
Sponsor
Representative
Mike Winder
Republican - District 30
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note Amount: 
$0
None
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Utah PTA Response
Utah PTA Position
Support
Utah PTA Resolution: 
EDU 2011-1 | Excellence in Teaching
Impact on Children: 

1.  More than two decades of research provide the connection between teacher quality and student learning.

2.  Increasing teacher salaries can improve efforts to recruit and retain quality teachers, including quality teachers in high poverty schools.

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

Utah PTA Resolution EDU 2011-1, Resolved - That Utah PTA support adequate funding for and encourage consideration of financial incentives to recruit and retain highly qualified and effective educators.

Utah PTA Legislative Priorities: 

Utah PTA Legislative Priorities 2019-20 #7. Support legislation, funding, and community partnerships that provide programs and resources to strengthen families and children’s social and emotional well being through affordable housing, homelessness initiatives, education, and parenting skills, and juvenile justice reforms.

Links
EDU 2011-1 Excellence in Teaching
Utah PTA Legislative Priorities 2019-20