H.B. 230

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CREDIT REQUIRED IN TEACHER
2 TRANSFERS
3 2009 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: Lorie D. Fowlke
6 Senate Sponsor: ____________
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8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill modifies provisions relating to the State System of Public Education by
11 requiring a local school board or charter school to accept certain transferred teaching
12 experience.
13 Highlighted Provisions:
14 This bill:
15 . requires a local school board to include the total teaching experience in Utah public
16 schools and documented teaching experience outside the state when negotiating a
17 contract to teach.
18 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
19 None
20 Other Special Clauses:
21 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2009.
22 Utah Code Sections Affected:
23 ENACTS:
24 53A-3-411.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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26 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27 Section 1. Section 53A-3-411.5 is enacted to read:

28 53A-3-411.5. Teaching experience employment factor.
29 (1) In negotiating a contract of employment to teach in the state's public schools, a
30 local school board shall accept as credited experience:
31 (a) all the years a teacher has taught in the state's public schools;
32 (b) the documented teaching experience earned outside of the state's public schools;
33 and
34 (c) partial credit for less than a full school year of teaching.
35 (2) Nothing in the section may be construed to mean that teaching experience is the
36 only consideration in negotiating a contract of employment.
37 Section 2. Effective date.
38 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2009.




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