H.B. 246

1

SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS IN PUBLIC
2 SCHOOLS
3 2001 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Loraine T. Pace
6 This act provides a $98,000 appropriation to be used by the Substitute Teaching Institute at
7 Utah State University on matters related to the available supply, quality, recruitment,
8 training, and use of substitute teachers in the state's public schools. The act takes effect July
9 1, 2001.
10 This act enacts uncodified material.
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
12 Section 1. Appropriation.
13 (1) There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 2001-02 only, $98,000 to
14 Utah State University to be used by the Substitute Teaching Institute for the following purposes:
15 (a) to collect and compile current statistics on the available supply, qualifications, training,
16 and use of substitute teachers within the State System of Public Education;
17 (b) to identify and evaluate current policies of the state's 40 school districts on recruiting,
18 training, using, and retaining substitute teachers within the state;
19 (c) to determine and describe how school and school district policies relate to the quantity,
20 quality, and use of substitute teachers in the state's public schools; and
21 (d) to document and recommend to schools and school districts practices and procedures
22 that would enable them to consistently monitor the recruitment, training, use, and retention of
23 substitute teachers within the state.
24 (2) (a) The institute shall make a preliminary report of its activities under Subsection (1)
25 to the Legislature's Education Interim Committee prior to November 30, 2001, and to the State
26 Board of Education and the state's local school boards.
27 (b) It is anticipated that the institute's activities under this section will assist schools in

28 enhancing the quality of education that occurs when a substitute teacher is in the classroom.
29 Section 2. Effective date.
30 This act takes effect on July 1, 2001.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-11-01 1:53 PM

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

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