House of Representatives
State of Utah
UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX . 350 STATE CAPITOL
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Madam Speaker:
With committee review, the Education Committee has returned 1st Sub. H.B. 135, FOCUS ON
FRONT-LINE TEACHERS PROGRAM, by Representative J. Nielson, to the Rules Committee without
recommendation with the following amendments:
Respectfully,
Francis D. Gibson
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This bill provides additional
WPUs to a school district or charter school with
a higher
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than average percentage of resources allocated to front-line teachers
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2. Page
1, Lines 13 through 17
:
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. defines terms;
and
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. creates the Focus on Front-Line Teachers Program, which provides for the
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distribution of additional WPUs to a qualifying district or charter school, depending
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on how relatively high the district or charter school is in comparison to the state
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average in its allocation of resources for front-line teachers
.
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; and
. requires certain education agencies to report information on front-line
teachers to the Education Interim Committee;
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1, Lines 19 through 21
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This bill appropriates:
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. to the Basic School Program, as an ongoing appropriation:
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. from the Education Fund, $5,000,000
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; and
. to the Utah State Board of Education - Utah Schools for the Deaf and the
Blind, as an ongoing appropriation:
. from the Education Fund, $40,000.
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4, Lines 97 through 98
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(c) the results of the audit described in Subsection (5).
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(7)
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(8)
The State Board of Education may use no more than 1% of money
appropriated for
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4, Line 109
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Focus on Front-Line Teachers Program (1775 WPUs) $5,000,000
From Education Fund
$40,000
Schedule of Programs:
Instruction $40,000
Committee Chair
Voting: --
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Bill Number
*HB0135S01*
HB0135S01