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EDUCATOR SALARY ADJUSTMENTS AMENDMENTS

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2023 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Kathleen A. Riebe

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House Sponsor: ____________

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill adds the educator salary adjustments to the list of programs receiving a cost
10     adjustment for inflation.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This bill:
13          ▸     adds the educator salary adjustments to the list of programs receiving a cost
14     adjustment for inflation; and
15          ▸     makes technical changes.
16     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17          None
18     Other Special Clauses:
19          This bill provides a special effective date.
20     Utah Code Sections Affected:
21     AMENDS:
22          53F-2-208, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 1
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24     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25          Section 1. Section 53F-2-208 is amended to read:
26          53F-2-208. Cost of adjustments for growth and inflation.
27          (1) In accordance with Subsection (2), the Legislature shall annually determine:
28          (a) the estimated state cost of adjusting for inflation in the next fiscal year, based on a
29     rolling five-year average ending in the current fiscal year, ongoing state tax fund appropriations
30     to the following programs:
31          (i) education for youth in custody, described in Section 53E-3-503;
32          (ii) the Basic Program, described in Title 53F, Chapter 2, Part 3, Basic Program
33     (Weighted Pupil Units);
34          (iii) the Adult Education Program, described in Section 53F-2-401;
35          (iv) state support of pupil transportation, described in Section 53F-2-402;
36          (v) educator salary adjustments, described in Section 53F-2-405:
37          [(v)] (vi) the Enhancement for Accelerated Students Program, described in Section
38     53F-2-408;
39          [(vi)] (vii) the Concurrent Enrollment Program, described in Section 53F-2-409; and
40          [(vii)] (viii) the gang prevention and intervention program, described in Section
41     53F-2-410; and
42          (b) the estimated state cost of adjusting for enrollment growth, in the next fiscal year,
43     the current fiscal year's ongoing state tax fund appropriations to the following programs:
44          (i) a program described in Subsection (1)(a);
45          [(ii) educator salary adjustments, described in Section 53F-2-405;]
46          [(iii)] (ii) the Teacher Salary Supplement Program, described in Section 53F-2-504;
47          [(iv)] (iii) the Voted and Board Local Levy Guarantee programs, described in Section
48     53F-2-601; and
49          [(v)] (iv) charter school local replacement funding, described in Section 53F-2-702.
50          (2) (a) In or before December each year, the Executive Appropriations Committee shall
51     determine:
52          (i) the cost of the inflation adjustment described in Subsection (1)(a); and
53          (ii) the cost of the enrollment growth adjustment described in Subsection (1)(b).
54          (b) The Executive Appropriations Committee shall make the determinations described
55     in Subsection (2)(a) based on recommendations developed by the Office of the Legislative
56     Fiscal Analyst, in consultation with the state board and the Governor's Office of Planning and
57     Budget.
58          Section 2. Effective date.
59          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2023.