SB 99: Excellence in Education and Leadership Supplement Amendments - Utah

Substitute #4 → Enrolled · 4 edits · Mar 26, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was finalized with minor technical corrections to dates and formatting, while retaining the core policy of a $600,000 teacher incentive program. The most significant substantive addition is a requirement for the State Board to create and fund a secure web-based portal to help teachers track their progress and submit nominations. The effective date was also adjusted to May 7, 2025, rather than the governor's approval date.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include a mandatory web-based application portal for data tracking and nominations, which was not explicitly detailed in the earlier draft.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from 'upon governor's approval' to a fixed date of May 7, 2025, unless a two-thirds legislative vote overrides this to make it effective immediately upon governor approval.

REQUIREMENT

A new requirement was added for the State Board to contract with a third party to create and house a secure web-based portal for teachers to track academic progress and submit nominations.

FISCAL

Funding was added for the new web-based portal, allowing the State Board to use up to 2.5% of the total $600,000 appropriation for this purpose.

TECHNICAL

Several dates and formatting errors were corrected, such as changing the process approval deadline from June 30/August 15 to August 15, and fixing the effective date section.

Introduced → Substitute #1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to add a House sponsor and adjust the total appropriation from $12.1 million to $600,000 for fiscal year 2026. A new requirement was added mandating that the State Board of Education contract a third party to create and host a web-based portal for transparency. The effective date section was expanded to include specific provisions for gubernatorial approval and veto override scenarios.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed regarding funding, reducing the total budget significantly, while adding a new administrative requirement for a public transparency portal.

FISCAL

The total appropriation was reduced from $12,100,000 to $600,000 for fiscal year 2026.

REQUIREMENT

A new requirement was added for the State Board of Education to contract a third party to obtain and house a web-based access portal to allow teachers to track student achievement and their own progress toward eligibility.

TECHNICAL

The bill title was updated to include 'House Sponsor: Karen M. Peterson'.

TIMELINE

The effective date section was expanded to explicitly define the bill's effective date in cases of gubernatorial approval or veto override.

Substitute #3 → Substitute #4 · 6 edits

MODERATE

This bill version makes technical and timeline adjustments to the Excellence in Education and Leadership Supplement program, including changing survey types, adjusting several key dates, and modifying how the program is administered. The changes aim to clarify eligibility criteria, extend certain deadlines, and refine how the program operates.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains the same, but specific implementation timelines and eligibility criteria have been modified.

ELIGIBILITY

Added 'student surveys' to the list of assessment methods for determining eligible teachers, expanding beyond just parent surveys.

TIMELINE

Changed the deadline for LEAs to submit their assessment process from April 1 to July 1, 2025, giving LEAs more time to prepare.

Extended the deadline for the center to approve or deny LEA processes from June 30 to August 15, 2025.

Moved the deadline for LEAs to submit teacher nominations from the start of the 2025-2026 school year to August 31, 2025.

TECHNICAL

Removed a provision requiring LEAs to submit a list of nominated eligible teachers to the center, simplifying the nomination process.

REQUIREMENT

Removed the requirement for LEAs to submit a list of nominated eligible teachers for the center to consider, streamlining the nomination workflow.

Substitute #2 → Substitute #3 · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill substitutes a revised version of SB 99 that makes several substantive changes to the Excellence in Education and Leadership Supplement program. The main changes include correcting a date error in the LEA process submission deadline, clarifying the definition of LEAs to include regional education service agencies, adjusting the allocation percentage for the center from 1% to 3.75%, and adding requirements for a web-based application portal. These changes aim to improve program administration, ensure proper funding allocation, and expand participation options for regional education service agencies.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include regional education service agencies as eligible participants, and the program now requires a web-based portal for application and data management.

TIMELINE

Changed the LEA process submission deadline from April 115, 2025 to July 1, 2025, correcting an obvious error in the original text.

REQUIREMENT

Added new requirement for the State Board of Education to obtain and house a secure web-based portal for authorized users to track teacher progress and submit nominations.

FISCAL

Adjusted the allocation percentage for the Center from 1% to 3.75% of total appropriated funds, with a cap of $500,000 per fiscal year.

DEFINITION

Added regional education service agencies to the list of eligible Local Education Agencies (LEAs) that can participate in the program.

TECHNICAL

Made various formatting and numbering corrections throughout the bill, including fixing bracketed text and renumbering subsections for clarity.

Substitute #1 → Substitute #2 · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill substitutes a revised version of SB 99 that amends the Excellence in Education and Leadership Supplement program. Key changes include updating the effective date from May 7, 2025 to 'upon governor's approval,' correcting a date typo from April 115, 2025 to April 15, 2025, and removing a provision that allowed LEAs to submit nominations to the center (Subsection 6(d)). The bill also clarifies the LEA definition by removing duplicate numbering for regional education service agencies and adds a bracketed deletion of 'salary' from the term 'salary supplement performance-based award.'

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on the Excellence in Education and Leadership Supplement program, but the effective date provision was modified to allow for gubernatorial approval rather than a fixed May 7, 2025 date.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date from May 7, 2025 to 'upon governor's approval' to provide flexibility in when the bill takes effect.

TECHNICAL

Corrected a date error from April 115, 2025 to April 15, 2025 for the LEA process submission deadline.

Removed duplicate numbering in the LEA definition to properly list regional education service agencies as a separate category.

Added bracketed deletion of the word 'salary' from 'salary supplement performance-based award' throughout the bill.

REQUIREMENT

Removed Subsection 6(d) which required LEAs to submit a list of nominated eligible teachers to the center before the 2025-2026 school year.

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