H.B. 244

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CREDIT ALLOWED IN TEACHER TRANSFER
2 2002 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Mike Thompson
5 This act modifies provisions relating to the State System of Public Education by requiring
6 a local school board to include the total teaching experience in Utah public schools when
7 negotiating a contract to teach. The act permits but does not require applicants with
8 teaching experience outside the state who are negotiating an employment contract to receive
9 credit for 2/3 of those years. The act takes effect July 1, 2002.
10 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
11 ENACTS:
12 53A-3-411.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
14 Section 1. Section 53A-3-411.5 is enacted to read:
15 53A-3-411.5. Teaching experience employment factor.
16 (1) (a) In negotiating a contract of employment to teach in the state's public schools, a local
17 school board shall accept as credited experience all the years a teacher has taught in the state's
18 public schools.
19 (b) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
20 State Board of Education shall make rules which shall grant partial credit for less than a full school
21 year of teaching.
22 (2) A local school board may accept 2/3 of the documented teaching experience earned
23 outside the state as credited experience in negotiating a contract of employment to teach in the
24 state's public schools.
25 (3) Nothing in this section may be construed to mean that teaching experience is the only
26 consideration in negotiating a contract of employment.
27 Section 2. Effective date.

28 This act takes effect on July 1, 2002.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-10-02 7:14 AM

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

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