HB 215 - Increases Teacher Salaries and Implements a School Voucher Program. - Utah Key Vote
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- Jan. 28, 2023
- Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 26, 2023
- House Bill Passed
- Jan. 20, 2023
- Introduced
- Jan. 16, 2023
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Title: Increases Teacher Salaries and Implements a School Voucher Program.
Signed by Governor Spencer Cox
Title: Increases Teacher Salaries and Implements a School Voucher Program.
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that increases teacher salaries and implements a school voucher program.
Highlights:
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Appropriates $200 million from the general budget to distribute to each Utah state school district for a $6,000 increase in educator salary adjustments (Sec. 3).
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Requires each school district submit an annual portfolio accounting for how the aforementioned funds were appropriated (Sec. 3).
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Specifies that the aforementioned educator salary increases shall be tied to $42 million appropriation spending for the “Utah Fits All” scholarship program (Sec. 4).
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Specifies that the aforementioned scholarship program shall appropriate up to $8,000 per child to families in order to send their children to private school or provide other educational options (Sec. 4).
Title: Increases Teacher Salaries and Implements a School Voucher Program.
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that increases teacher salaries and implements a school voucher program.
Highlights:
-
Appropriates $200 million from the general budget to distribute to each Utah state school district for a $6,000 increase in educator salary adjustments (Sec. 3).
-
Requires each school district submit an annual portfolio accounting for how the aforementioned funds were appropriated (Sec. 3).
-
Specifies that the aforementioned educator salary increases shall be tied to $42 million appropriation spending for the “Utah Fits All” scholarship program (Sec. 4).
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Specifies that the aforementioned scholarship program shall appropriate up to $8,000 per child to families in order to send their children to private school or provide other educational options (Sec. 4).
Title: Increases Teacher Salaries and Implements a School Voucher Program.