53A-17a-107 - Professional staff weighted pupil units. - Utah Statutes

53A-17a-107. Professional staff weighted pupil units.
(1) Professional staff weighted pupil units are computed and distributed in accordancewith the following schedule:
(a) Professional Staff Cost Formula
Master's
Years of Bachelor's Bachelor's Master's Degree
Experience Degree +30 Qt. Hr. Degree +45 Qt. Hr. Doctorate
1 1.00 1.05 1.10 1.15 1.20
2 1.05 1.10 1.15 1.20 1.25
3 1.10 1.15 1.20 1.25 1.30
4 1.15 1.20 1.25 1.30 1.35
5 1.20 1.25 1.30 1.35 1.40
6 1.25 1.30 1.35 1.40 1.45
7 1.30 1.35 1.40 1.45 1.50
8 1.35 1.40 1.45 1.50 1.55
9 1.50 1.55 1.60
10 1.60 1.65
11 1.70
(b) Multiply the number of full-time or equivalent professional personnel in eachapplicable experience category in Subsection (1)(a) by the applicable weighting factor.
(c) Divide the total of Subsection (1)(b) by the number of professional personnelincluded in Subsection (1)(b) and reduce the quotient by 1.00.
(d) Multiply the result of Subsection (1)(c) by 1/4 of the weighted pupil units computedin accordance with Sections 53A-17a-106 and 53A-17a-109.
(2) The State Board of Education shall enact rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, which require a certain percentage of a district'sprofessional staff to be certified in the area in which they teach in order for the district to receivefull funding under the schedule.
(3) If an individual's teaching experience is a factor in negotiating a contract ofemployment to teach in the state's public schools, then the local school board is encouraged toaccept as credited experience all of the years the individual has taught in the state's publicschools.

Amended by Chapter 382, 2008 General Session