1st Sub. S.B. 2
         MINIMUM SCHOOL PROGRAM BUDGET AMENDMENTS

house floor Amendments

Amendment 5 March 4, 2008 11:03 am



Representative Kory M. Holdaway proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 2, Lines 27 through 28 :    

             27              .    
{   the Teacher Salary Supplement Program to provide a salary supplement to an

             28      eligible teacher;   }
  additional compensation to recruit and retain educators;      


2.    Page 3, Line 85 :    

             85          
{   53A-17a-157, Utah Code Annotated 1953   }


3.    Page 21, Line 626 :    

             626          (hh)
{   Teacher Salary Supplement Restricted Account, $4,700,000   }        Additional compensation to recruit and retain educators, $5,000,000       ;


4.    Page 27, Line 806 :    

             806          Section 19. Section 53A-17a-156 is enacted to read:
  53A-17a-156. Additional compensation to recruit and retain educators.

    (1) As used in this section, "educator" means a person employed by a school district or charter school who holds:
    (a) a license issued under Title 53A, Chapter 6, Educator Licensing and Professional Practices Act; and
    (b) a position as a:
    (i) classroom teacher;
    (ii) speech pathologist;
    (iii) guidance counselor;
    (iv) audiologist;
    (v) psychologist; or
    (vi) social worker.
    (2) Subject to future budget constraints, the Legislature shall annually appropriate money to the State Board of Education to provide additional compensation to educators who fill positions for which a school district or charter school has great difficulty in recruiting or retaining qualified personnel.
    (3) The State Board of Education shall distribute money appropriated for additional compensation to recruit and retain educators to school districts and charter schools in proportion to the number of full-time-equivalent educator positions in a school district or charter school as compared to

the total number of full-time-equivalent educator positions in school districts and charter schools.
    (4) A school district or charter school shall use money distributed under Subsection (3) to award additional compensation to educators who fill positions for which the school district or charter school has great difficulty in recruiting or retaining qualified personnel, as authorized by the local school board or charter school governing board.
    (5) A school district or charter school shall annually submit a report to the State Board of Education specifying how money for additional compensation to recruit or retain educators was used.  



5.    Page 27, Line 807 through Page 29, Line 886 :     Delete all of lines 807 through 886 and renumber remaining sections accordingly

6.    Page 37, Lines 1116 through 1119 :    

             1116          
{   (2) As an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints, there is

             1117      appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 2008-09, $250,000 from the General Fund
             1118      to the Department of Human Resource Management for administration of the Teacher Salary
             1119      Supplement Program established in Section 53A-17a-156 .   }

7.    Page 37, Lines 1135 through 1140 :    

             1135          
{   (a) $50,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Human Resource

             1136      Management for costs to administer the Teacher Salary Supplement Program established in
             1137      Section 53A-17a-156 ;   }
             1138          
{   (b)   }        (a)       $1,000,000 from the Uniform School Fund to the State Board of Education for

             1139      UPSTART as provided in Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 10, UPSTART; and
             1140          
{   (c)   }        (b)       $280,000 from the Uniform School Fund to the State Board of Education for library

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