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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill enacts provisions related to the starting salary for a newly hired experienced
10 teacher.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 ▸ defines terms; and
14 ▸ enacts provisions related to the starting salary of an experienced teacher who is
15 newly hired by a school district.
16 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17 None
18 Other Special Clauses:
19 None
20 Utah Code Sections Affected:
21 ENACTS:
22 53A-3-411.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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24 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25 Section 1. Section 53A-3-411.5 is enacted to read:
26 53A-3-411.5. Starting salary for experienced teachers.
27 (1) As used in this section:
28 (a) "Experienced teacher" means an individual who:
29 (i) is a licensed educator in Utah or another state; and
30 (ii) is currently employed, or has previously been employed, as a classroom teacher.
31 (b) "Tenure-based salary schedule" means a school district salary schedule for teachers
32 that bases a teacher's salary, at least in part, on the teacher's number of years of experience as a
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34 (2) When entering into an employment contract with an experienced teacher, a local
35 school board that has a tenure-based salary schedule shall provide the experienced teacher a
36 starting salary that, at a minimum, would be the experienced teacher's salary if all of the
37 experienced teacher's years of teaching experience had taken place in the school district.
Legislative Review Note
Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel