H.B. 101

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TEACHER TERMINATION PROCEDURES TASK FORCE
2 1997 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Tammy J. Rowan
5 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; CREATING THE TEACHER
6 TERMINATION PROCEDURES TASK FORCE; DEFINING TASK FORCE MEMBERSHIP
7 AND DUTIES; PROVIDING A $20,000 APPROPRIATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
8 DATE; AND PROVIDING A REPEAL DATE.
9 This act enacts uncodified material.
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
11 Section 1. Task force membership.
12 There is created the Teacher Termination Procedures Task Force consisting of the
13 following thirteen members:
14 (1) two members of the Senate, appointed by the president of the Senate;
15 (2) two members of the House of Representatives, appointed by the speaker of the House
16 of Representatives;
17 (3) a member of the State Board of Education or the board's designee;
18 (4) the president of the Utah PTA or the president's designee;
19 (5) the president of the UEA or the president's designee;
20 (6) two school district superintendents, one from a rural district and one from an urban
21 district, appointed by the Utah School Superintendent's Association;
22 (7) a local school board member, appointed by the Utah School Boards Association;
23 (8) the executive director of the AFT or the director's designee;
24 (9) a school principal appointed by the Utah Association of Elementary Principals and the
25 Utah Association of Secondary Principals; and
26 (10) a school teacher selected by the other members of the task force.
27 Section 2. Appointment of chairs -- Quorum.

1 (1) The president of the Senate shall appoint a member of the Senate appointed to the task
2 force under Section (1) as Senate chair of the task force.
3 (2) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint a member of the House of
4 Representatives appointed to the task force under Section (1) as House chair of the task force.
5 (3) (a) A majority of the members of the task force constitutes a quorum.
6 (b) The action of a majority of the quorum constitutes the action of the task force.
7 Section 3. Task force duties.
8 (1) The task force shall review and make recommendations on teacher evaluation and
9 termination procedures in the state's public schools as provided for under current state law.
10 (2) The task force shall report its findings to the Education Interim Committee before
11 December 31, 1997.
12 Section 4. Salaries and expenses -- Staff support.
13 (1) (a) Salaries and expenses of task force members who are legislators shall be paid in
14 accordance with Section 36-2-2.
15 (b) Members of the task force who are not legislators may not receive additional
16 compensation for their work associated with the task force.
17 (2) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide staff support
18 to the task force.
19 Section 5. Appropriation.
20 There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 1996-97:
21 (1) $2,500 to the Senate for salary and expenses of senators who are members of the task
22 force;
23 (2) $2,500 to the House of Representatives for salary and expenses of representatives who
24 are members of the task force; and
25 (3) $15,000 to the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel to pay for staffing
26 the task force.
27 Section 6. Effective date.
28 If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this act takes effect
29 upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
30 Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto, the
31 date of veto override.

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1 Section 7. Repeal date.
2 This act is repealed December 31, 1997.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-28-97 5:26 PM

A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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