HB0221S01 | Stipends for Future Educators

Description
General Description: 

This bill creates the Stipends for Future Educators Grant Program.

Highlighted Provisions: 

Bill allows for a $6000 stipend to be paid to student teachers.

Bill Details
Year: 
2024
Status: 
Governor Signed
Last Action: 
Mar 20, 2024
Sponsor
Representative
Republican - District 13
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note Amount: 
$8,400,000
This bill appropriates in fiscal year 2025: to State Board of Education - Educator Licensing - Educator Licensing as a one-time appropriation: from the Public Education Economic Stabilization Restricted Account, One-time, $8,400,000
Utah PTA Response
Utah PTA Position
Support
Impact on Children: 

This bill will allow future educators to do their student teaching without being unemployed while they do so, allowing more student teachers to complete their programs.

Commission: 
Education
Utah PTA Public Policy Program
National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions: 

Resolved, That Utah PTA support adequate funding for and encourage consideration of financial incentives to recruit and retain highly qualified and effective educators, including appropriation of adequate funding to upgrade salary schedules;

 

Resolved, That Utah PTA and its constituent associations encourage the legislature to adequately fund critical educational needs, including but not limited to, class size reduction, teacher salaries, technology, programs, supplies, and evidenced-based practices that have an impact on student achievement