53A-25b-402 - Annual salary adjustments for educators. - Utah Statutes

53A-25b-402. Annual salary adjustments for educators.
(1) Subject to future budget constraints, the Legislature shall annually appropriate moneyto the board for the salary adjustments described in this section, including step and lane changes.
(2) The board shall include in its annual budget request for the Utah Schools for the Deafand the Blind an amount of money sufficient to adjust educators' salaries as described inSubsection (3) and fund step and lane changes.
(3) (a) The board shall determine the salary adjustment specified in Subsection (2) by:
(i) calculating a weighted average salary adjustment for nonadministrative licensed staffadopted by the school districts of the state, with the average weighted by the number of teachersin each school district; and
(ii) increasing the weighted average salary adjustment by 10% in any year in whichteachers of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind are not ranked in the top 10 in 20-yearearnings when compared to earnings of teachers in the school districts of the state.
(b) In calculating a weighted average salary adjustment for nonadministrative licensedstaff adopted by the school districts of the state under Subsection (3)(a), the board shall excludeeducator salary adjustments provided pursuant to Section 53A-17a-153.
(4) From money appropriated to the board for salary adjustments, the board shall adjustthe salary schedule applicable to educators at the school each year.

Enacted by Chapter 294, 2009 General Session