S.B. 3
         MINIMUM SCHOOL PROGRAM ACT AMENDMENTS

Senate Floor Amendments

Amendment 4 February 28, 2000 10:33 AM



Senator Howard A. Stephenson proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 2, Line 44:    After line 44 insert:
        " 53A-25-111, as enacted by Chapter 250, Law of Utah 1998"

2.    Page 28, Line 841:    After line 841 insert:
        "Section 37. Section 53A-25-111, is amended to read:
         53A-25-111. Annual salary adjustments for school employees -- Benefits.
        (1) (a) The board shall adjust the salary schedule applicable to nonadministrative [certificated] licensed staff at the school each school year.
        (b) The board shall make the adjustment equal to [the] a weighted average adjustment for nonadministrative [certificated] licensed staff adopted by the public school districts of the state as determined by the State Office of Education. This average shall be weighted by the number of teachers in each district.
         (c) The board shall increase this weighted average by 10% in any year in which the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind teachers are not ranked in the top ten in 20 year earnings when compared to the 40 school districts of the state.
        (2) (a) The adjustment shall be computed using adjustments made by the school districts by December 1 of each year.
        (b) The board shall apply the adjustment to the salary schedule effective July 1 of the following year.
        (3) The board shall make salary adjustments for administrative and [noncertificated] nonlicensed staff at the school on the basis of adjustments approved for state government employees in similar positions.
        (4) Administrative, [certificated] licensed , and [noncertificated] nonlicensed staff at the school shall receive the same benefits as those provided to state government employees."

         Renumber remaining sections accordingly.