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Utah Code Title 53F. Public Education System--Funding § 53F-2-305. Professional staff weighted pupil units

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) Professional staff weighted pupil units are computed and distributed in accordance with 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 each applicable experience category in Subsection (1)(a) by the applicable weighting factor.

(c) Divide the total of Subsection (1)(b) by the number of professional personnel included 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 computed in accordance with Sections 53F-2-302 and 53F-2-304.

(2) The state board shall enact rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that require a certain percentage of a school district's or charter school's professional staff to be certified in the area in which the staff teaches in order for the school district or charter school to receive full funding under the schedule.

(3) If an individual's teaching experience is a factor in negotiating a contract of employment to teach in the state's public schools, then the LEA governing board is encouraged to accept as credited experience all of the years the individual has taught in the state's public schools.

(4) The professional personnel described in Subsection (1) shall include an individual employed by a school district, charter school, or the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind who holds:

(a) a license in the field of social work issued by the Division of Professional Licensing; and

(b) a position as a social worker.

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