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5 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; PROVIDING THAT 10% OF THE MONEY
6 APPROPRIATED FOR CAREER LADDERS BE USED TO PAY PERFORMANCE BONUSES;
7 PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PERFORMANCE CRITERIA TO MEASURE
8 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT; PROVIDING OPTIONS FOR THE PAYMENT OF
9 PERFORMANCE BONUSES TO PROFESSIONAL STAFF; PROVIDING THAT 5% OF
10 CAREER LADDER MONEYS BE USED TO PAY EDUCATORS AT SCHOOLS WITH
11 PROGRAMS THAT FOCUS ON ESTABLISHING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH
12 PARENTS OF STUDENTS TO HELP ACCOMPLISH CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
13 PERFORMANCE GOALS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
14 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
15 AMENDS:
16 53A-17a-124, as last amended by Chapter 234, Laws of Utah 1998
17 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
18 Section 1. Section 53A-17a-124 is amended to read:
19 53A-17a-124. State contributions to career ladders -- Distribution of appropriation
20 -- Performance bonus.
21 (1) There is appropriated to the State Board of Education $45,226,476 (24,394 weighted
22 pupil units) for career ladders for distribution to school districts in accordance with career ladder
23 guidelines provided by the state board and Title 53A, Chapter 9.
24 (a) The state board shall distribute the appropriation, upon application, to each local school
25 board by a formula based on the average of equal weighting considerations for:
26 (i) a district's prior year average daily membership;
27 (ii) the total number of teachers employed by a district during the prior year; and
28 (iii) weighted pupil units allocated to the district.
29 (b) The Legislature shall provide for an annual adjustment in the career ladder
30 appropriation in proportion to:
31 (i) the increase in the value of the weighted pupil unit established in this chapter; and
32 (ii) the increase in the number of students in the state over the prior year.
33 (2) Each school district participating in the career ladder program may spend career ladder
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38 development, inservice training, preparation, and related activities;
39 (ii) a local board of education may specifically use from the career ladder appropriation
40 an amount equivalent to $300 per eligible teacher per year for approved inservice costs, for daily
41 stipends, for per diem expenses, and for eligible teacher trainers; and
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44 (3) (a) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, the State Board of Education shall retain
45 10% of the career ladder appropriation made under Subsection (1) for the awarding of performance
46 bonuses to educators in the state's public schools.
47 (b) The percentage shall increase to 15% for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and
48 for each fiscal year thereafter.
49 (c) The board shall distribute the appropriation retained under Subsections (3)(a) and (b)
50 to individual schools as follows:
51 (i) each school, under the direction of its local school board, shall establish performance
52 criteria for the school to measure student achievement in each grade level against targeted goals;
53 (ii) each school shall use continuous student improvement on criterion-referenced and
54 norm-referenced tests as its performance criteria in establishing targeted goals;
55 (iii) each school shall base its targeted goals on improved test score averages over a
56 three-year cycle, except if a school is unable to use a three-year improvement cycle for the first two
57 years of the first cycle, then it shall use a continuous improvement performance measurement
58 procedure established by the State Board of Education, in consultation with local school boards,
59 based upon test scores over a one or two-year period; and
60 (iv) performance bonus awards shall be made only to those schools that meet or exceed
61 their targeted goals.
62 (d) A school that receives a performance bonus award under Subsection (3)(c)(iv) may use
63 the award to pay performance bonuses to:
64 (i) the entire staff at the school;
65 (ii) individuals involved in specific programs or at specific grade levels at the school;
66 (iii) selected individual staff members; or
67 (iv) a combination of the individuals referred to in Subsections (3)(d)(i),(ii), and (iii).
68 (e) A school may elect to use its performance bonus award to support continuous
69 improvement at the school rather than for salary bonuses, subject to approval by at least two-thirds
70 vote of the staff.
71 (4) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and for each year thereafter, the State Board
72 of Education shall retain 5% of the career ladder appropriation made under Subsection (1) for
73 distribution to schools that meet the following criteria:
74 (a) schools that have school directors as defined in Section 53A-1a-301 ;
75 (b) schools that have provided for extensive involvement of parents in developing a
76 personalized education plan for each student at the school; and
77 (c) schools that have programs focused on establishing positive relationships with parents
78 of students to help accomplish the continuous improvement performance goals referred to in
79 Subsection (3).
80 Section 2. Effective date.
81 This act takes effect on July 1, 1999.
Legislative Review Note
as of 1-25-99 11:32 AM
A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.